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GIFT Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
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Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-03-10
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W. Gregory Steube
W. Gregory Steube
Republican · FL · Representative
Votes with party: 90.4% (533 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/S001214

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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

2025-03-10

Source: Congress.gov

Plain-English Summary

The bill addresses health policy matters and has been sent to two House committees for review—the Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee—to determine which parts each committee should handle before moving forward. Without the full bill text available, the specific health changes being proposed cannot be detailed, but the dual committee referral suggests the legislation likely involves both healthcare financing and regulatory aspects that fall under both committees' jurisdictions.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2015 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2015 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit hospitals from taking into account vaccination status in selecting organ recipients. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2025 Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit hospitals from taking into account vaccination status in selecting organ recipients. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Guaranteeing Individual Fairness in Transplants Act of 2025'' or the ``GIFT Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITING HOSPITALS FROM TAKING INTO ACCOUNT VACCINATION STATUS IN SELECTING ORGAN RECIPIENTS. Section 1866(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(1)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (X), by striking ``and'' at the end; (2) in subparagraph (Y), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``, and''; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (Y) the following new subparagraph: ``(Z) in the case of a hospital, critical access hospital, or rural emergency hospital, to not take into account the vaccination status of an individual when determining which individual should receive an organ transplant.''. <all>