Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act
- Last Action
- 6/24/2025
Actions
- 2025-06-24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2025-06-23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-06-23On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2858-2859)
- 2025-06-23Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2858-2859)
- 2025-06-23DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1520.
- 2025-06-23Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2858-2860)
- 2025-06-23Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 2025-06-12Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 126.
- 2025-06-12Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-159.
- 2025-06-12Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-159.
- 2025-04-29Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 1.
- 2025-04-29Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2025-02-24Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2025-02-24Introduced in House
- 2025-02-24Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-02-24 (00)
Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act
This bill expressly prohibits health care providers and other entities involved in matching donated organs with recipients from denying or restricting an individual's access to organ transplants solely on the basis of the individual's disability, except in limited circumstances.
Specifically, these entities may consider an individual's disability when making decisions about transplants only if a physician finds, based on an individualized evaluation, that the individual's physical or mental disability is medically significant to the provision of the transplant. A disability shall not be considered medically significant if the individual has an adequate support system in place to comply with transplant-related medical requirements.
These entities must also make reasonable changes to their policies to make transplants and related care more available to individuals with disabilities.
Aggrieved individuals may bring claims of discrimination to the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill provides for expedited resolutions of these claims.
In addition, the board of directors of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network may not issue policies that prohibit or hinder access to an organ transplant based solely on the individual's disability. This network is a public-private partnership linking professionals involved in the U.S. organ donation and transplantation system.
Cosponsors (20)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- Darrell Issa (R-CA)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Pete Sessions (R-TX)
- Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Nanette Barragán (D-CA)
- Mary Miller (R-IL)
- Donald Davis (D-NC)
- Celeste Maloy (R-UT)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- John Rutherford (R-FL)
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA)
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
Subjects
- Administrative remedies
- Civil actions and liability
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
- Public-private cooperation
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