North Carolina, The Living Donor Protection Act (LDPA) needs your support!

Email your representative and ask them to support the Living Donor Protection Act (LDPA), H663.

Increasing living kidney donations is one of AKF's top priorities. This bill will prevent North Carolina's life disability, and long-term care insurers from discriminating against living kidney donors. It will prevent them from: Declining or limiting coverage or charging higher premiums to living organ donors Considering a person's living organ donor status in determining premiums

Tell your legislators to support H.B. 663

By removing obstacles to becoming a living donor, this bill will encourage more living kidney donations to meet our community's overwhelming need.

This bill will also provide 30 days of paid leave to full-time and part-time state government employees who become living organ donors and seven days to people who donate bone marrow. Lastly, this bill will allow any living organ donor to claim a $5,000 tax credit for expenses directly related with the donation.

Click here to email your legislator and ask them to support the LDPA, H663 >>> by becoming a co-sponsor or voting YES when the bill is before them for a vote. 

I will keep you updated on our progress. 

Also, please forward this to other kidney disease advocates in North Carolina. We want to make sure everyone in our community is aware of this opportunity.

Thank you. 

Jon Hoffman
Senior Director of State Policy and Advocacy
American Kidney Fund