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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2015 Introduced in House (IH)]
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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.
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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
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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.''.
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