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Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007
H.R. 1193 and S. 691

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish demonstration projects to: (1) increase public awareness about the factors that lead to chronic kidney disease, how to prevent it, how to treat it, and how to avoid kidney failure, as well as enhance surveillance systems and expand research to better assess the prevalence and incidence of kidney disease; and (2) enable individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to develop self-management skills.

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Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act
H.R. 710 and S. 487

Amends the National Organ Transplant Act to exclude paired donation of human kidneys from provisions prohibiting the transfer of a human organ for valuable consideration. Defines "paired donation of human kidneys" as the donation and receipt of human kidneys under the following circumstances: (1) an individual (the first donor) desires to make a living donation of a kidney specifically to a particular patient (the first patient), but such donor is biologically incompatible with such patient; (2) a second individual (the second donor) desires to make a such a donation to a second patient, but is biologically incompatible with such patient; (3) the first donor is biologically compatible to the second patient, and the second donor is biologically compatible to the first patient; (4) all donors and patients enter into a single agreement to donate and receive such kidneys; and (5) no valuable consideration is knowingly acquired, received, or otherwise transferred with respect to the kidneys.

Kidney Disease Educational Benefits Act of 2007
H.R. 1245 and S. 432

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of kidney disease education services.

. Kidney Disease Educational Benefits Act of 2007 (Introduced in Senate)[S.432.IS]
2 . Kidney Disease Educational Benefits Act of 2007 (Introduced in House)[H.R.1245.IH]