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Committee hears advocates on tax credit to encourage employer-paid leave for living organ donors
Summary
Proponents told the Ways and Means Committee House Bill 122 would create a tax credit for employers that provide paid leave to employees who serve as living organ donors, arguing the measure would remove a financial barrier to donation and increase transplants.
The House Ways and Means Committee held a second hearing on House Bill 122, which would create a tax credit for employers that provide paid leave to employees who serve as living organ donors.
Proponents including Megan Haggerty of the National Kidney Foundation and Corey King of UCHealth testified that living organ donation — especially kidney and liver donation — yields better outcomes than long-term dialysis or deceased-donor transplants and that financial and job-security concerns deter…
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