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A 3545: Creates a ten year live kidney donor follow-up study which includes a one thousand dollars per year stipend for participants; provides two thousand dollars for all kidney donors for health-related expenses.
What A 3545 does, verified March 13, 2026
The bill aims to create a live kidney donor follow-up study in New York. The study will track the health of individuals who donate a kidney in the state between 2026 and 2030 for ten years. Participants who agree to provide follow-up data will receive a stipend of $10,000 per year. The study will also provide financial assistance to kidney donors for copayments and other health-related expenses for the first five years post-donation. The findings and recommendations from the study will be submitted to the governor and relevant committees by December 2026 and each subsequent December. The bill will take effect immediately and expire in 2041.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 3545
- What is the current status of A 3545?
- As of March 13, 2026, A 3545 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 3545 pass?
- Not yet. A 3545 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 3545, and where is it now?
- A 3545 was authored by Asm. Angelo Santabarbara with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Jan. 28, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 28, 2025 · 336 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3545 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to creating a live kidney donor follow-up study; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 4311 to read as follows: 3 § 4311. New York living kidney donor follow-up study. 1. The depart- 4 ment shall contract with a qualified research team to conduct a prospec- 5 tive study of living kidney donor health. Such study shall follow people 6 who donate a kidney in New York between January first, two thousand 7 twenty-six and December thirty-first, two thousand thirty for ten years 8 whose transplant surgery takes place. All donors who agree to provide 9 their follow-up data for use in such study will receive a stipend of one 10 thousand dollars for each year of follow-up they fully participate in. 11 The commissioner shall submit a report including recommendations and 12 findings based on this study to the governor, the temporary president of 13 the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the chairs of the senate and 14 assembly standing committees on health no later than December thirty- 15 first, two thousand twenty-six and each December thirty-first thereaft- 16 er. 17 2. For the first five years post donation, kidney donors shall each be 18 entitled to up to two thousand dollars to pay copayments and other 19 health-related expenses. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 21 deemed repealed January 1, 2041. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06689-01-5
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