Grants to Increase Organ Donations

Objectives: The Living Organ Donation Reimbursement Program (formerly the Reimbursement of Travel and Subsistence Expenses Incurred toward Living Organ Donation): Funds made available through this program help to remove financial barriers to living organ donation by including travel, lost wages, child-care, and elder-care expenses incurred by a caregiver. Funds made available through this program may not be made available to donating individuals when payment for qualified reimbursement expenses has been made, or can reasonably be expected to be made: (1) under any State compensation program, under an insurance policy, or under any Federal or State health benefits program; (2) by an entity that provides health services on a prepaid basis; or (3) by the recipient of the organ. Increasing Organ Donation Awareness Grant Program: Funds under this notice may not be used for the following purposes: to purchase or improve land, or to purchase, construct, or make permanent improvements to any building except for minor remodeling; to make payments to recipients of services, except for reimbursement of reasonable and allowable out-of-pocket expenses associated with participation in project activities; nor to support: (a) biomedical and clinical research; (b) the development and/or assessment of the efficacy of new or improved clinical methods of donor management, organ recovery, or organ preservation; (c) fundamental research focused on new or improved evaluation tools and methodologies; (d) fundamental research focused on the development of new behavioral theories relevant to health attitudes, practices, and decision-making interventions inconsistent with existing Federal law; (e) to conduct interventions to increase tissue donation alone; (f) to evaluate clinical outcomes of donation after cardiac death (DCD) organs; (g) to fund staff time devoted to project activities that is being supported by other sources. Lost Wages Support for Living Organ Donors (Demonstration Project): funds under this notice may not be used for the following purposes: (a) Support for blood, bone marrow, and blood stem cell donation; (b) Reimbursement for travel and related expenses for living organ donors; (c) Reimbursement for any lost wages expenses and similar expenses if this support is available under other state or prepaid health or insurance program or employer benefits. All Programs: Funds may not be used for activities that are reimbursable under Medicare.