# Removing Financial Disincentives to Living Organ Donation
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2020-09-22 · Effective 2020-10-22 · 85 FR 59438
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-20804
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 59438
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 121
- **Publication date:** 2020-09-22
- **Effective date:** 2020-10-22
## Abstract

This final rule amends the regulations implementing the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, as amended (NOTA), to remove financial barriers to organ donation by expanding the scope of reimbursable expenses incurred by living organ donors to include lost wages, and child-care and elder-care expenses incurred by a caregiver. HHS is committed to reducing the number of individuals on the organ transplant waiting list by increasing the number of organs available for transplant. This final rule is associated with Section 8 of the Executive Order (E.O.) 13879 titled "Advancing American Kidney Health," issued on July 10, 2019, which directed HHS to propose a regulation allowing living organ donors to be reimbursed for related lost wages, child-care expenses, and elder-care expenses through the Reimbursement of Travel and Subsistence Expenses Incurred toward Living Organ Donation program authorized under section 377 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/22/2020-20804/removing-financial-disincentives-to-living-organ-donation)
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