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House approves tax credit to help live organ donors cover expenses
Utah House of Representatives · February 28, 2005
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Summary
Lawmakers passed a tax credit to help live organ donors offset travel, lodging and lost-wage costs; sponsors cited national and state waiting-list figures and said the credit would reduce financial barriers to donation.
The Utah House on the morning calendar passed first substitute Senate Bill 164, establishing a nonrefundable individual income tax credit intended to reimburse live organ donors for expenses tied to donation.
Representative Hardy, the House sponsor, said the bill responds to a significant waiting-list burden: nationally, roughly 90,000 people wait for…
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