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SENATE 164118th CongressReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1272)

A resolution honoring the Heritage Foundation on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

Last Action
4/19/2023

Actions

  • 2023-01-31Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • 2023-01-31Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2023-01-31 (00)

Guarding against Injustice based on Vaccine-status, Ensuring Lifesaving Intervention For Everyone Act or the GIVE LIFE Act or Doss's Act

This bill generally prohibits an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status from being taken into account for purposes of organ donation or receipt. The bill also prohibits (1) the incidence rate of COVID-19 in a geographic area from being considered in such decisions, and (2) the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network from establishing standards that incorporate any of these factors.

Additionally, as a condition of Medicare and Medicaid participation, health care providers, with specified exceptions (e.g., skilled nursing facilities), may not deny services to individuals based on COVID-19 vaccination status.

Subjects

  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Disability and health-based discrimination
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health personnel
  • Immunology and vaccination
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
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