Bill > H1162

This bill, the Living Donor Protection Act, has several key provisions: 1. It prohibits insurers from discriminating against individuals solely based on their status as a living organ donor when offering, issuing, canceling, pricing, or providing coverage under health, life, accident, disability, or long-term care insurance policies. 2. It establishes a state tax credit of up to $5,000 for expenses incurred by a taxpayer related to live organ donation, such as travel, lodging, and lost wages. 3. It requires the State Human Resources Commission to adopt rules and policies providing full-time state employees with up to 30 days of paid leave for living organ donation and up to 7 days for bone marrow donation, without exhausting their other leave, as well as providing a prorated amount of paid leave for part-time state employees. 4. The paid leave for organ or bone marrow donation applies to all state employees, public school employees, and community college employees. The bill aims to remove financial and employment-related barriers for living organ donors in North Carolina.