# 119-hr-7581: LOVE Act

119-hr-7581, LOVE Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-05-28).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7581
- Congress: 119
- Title: LOVE Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-02-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-05-28

## Summary

**Pays hospitals to train staff who help patients find living kidney donors.** This bill would create an 8-year Medicare demonstration that funds hospital-run training for living kidney donor facilitators and requires reporting on donor counts, patient outcomes, and potential Medicare savings. - People with end-stage renal disease would gain trained facilitators to help identify potential living donors and guide donors and recipients through the donation process, aiming to increase living-donor transplants. - Hospitals that perform kidney transplants would be eligible for annual Medicare payments to cover the reasonable costs of operating facilitator training programs. - The Secretary must report to Congress on changes in living donors and transplants, recipient outcomes, and any Medicare cost effects from more transplants and less dialysis.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2026-05-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Help finding living kidney donors: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would create an 8-year Medicare demonstration to train hospital staff as living-kidney-donor facilitators. HHS would have to start the program within 180 days of enactment. Participating hospitals that perform kidney transplants would get yearly payments equal to the reasonabl…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-4086: Autism Family Caregivers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-7581 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7581)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-4086: Autism Family Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4086)
- [119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1065)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7581 (as of 2026-05-28).