Organ Transplants: Preventing Disability Discrimination
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This bill passed the House with broad support and addresses a clear civil rights issue that often receives bipartisan backing in the Senate.
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The definition of covered entities specifically includes prison health centers, meaning incarcerated people with disabilities get the same protection against transplant denial based on disability as patients outside the prison system.
“licensed health care practitioners, hospitals, nursing facilities, laboratories, intermediate care facilities, psychiatric residential treatment facilities, institutions for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, and prison health centers”
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2858-2859)
The House fast-tracked this bill — limited debate, no amendments allowed, but needs two-thirds support to pass.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2858-2859)
The House fast-tracked this bill — limited debate, no amendments allowed, but needs two-thirds support to pass.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1520.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act, which bars discrimination against people with disabilities in the organ transplant system, ensuring they are not denied a transplant or waiting list placement based on disability.
Profile of Charlotte Woodward, the namesake of the federal legislation, detailing her journey as a heart transplant recipient with Down syndrome and her advocacy work to ensure others with disabilities have equal access to life-saving organ transplants.
Rep. Kat Cammack advanced the Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act through the House Energy & Commerce Committee, aiming to prohibit discrimination based on disabilities in transplant decisions, inspired by a constituent who died after being denied a heart.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act
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