United StatesOrgan donation recovery would qualify for family and medical leave
Covered workers’ recovery from organ donation surgery would qualify for family and medical leave, and federal workers would have to substitute available organ donor leave.
What it does
Recovery from organ donation surgery would explicitly count as a serious health condition under federal family and medical leave rules for covered private-sector and federal workers.
Federal workers using family and medical leave for organ donation or recovery would have to use available organ donor leave in its place as much as possible.
Argument forExplicitly including recovery from organ donation surgery could help covered workers show that their recovery qualifies for family and medical leave.
Argument againstRequiring federal workers to substitute available organ donor leave could limit their choice about which leave to use for donation and recovery.
More detail
Federal family and medical leave rules would explicitly include recovery from organ donation surgery as a serious health condition. This provision covers private-sector and federal civil service employees under the cited family and medical leave laws. Workers would still need to meet the eligibility rules for the leave program that covers them.
Federal employees would have to substitute available organ donor leave for family and medical leave used for donation. The requirement applies to federal employees using part of their 12-week family and medical leave period to donate an organ, including recovery. Workers would have to substitute as much available organ donor leave as possible.
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History
- 2025
- Jul 22Introduced in HouseLatest
- Jul 22Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Introduced
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