GIFT Act of 2025
Organ Transplants: Banning Vaccination Requirements for Recipients
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- This bill would stop hospitals from looking at whether a person has been vaccinated when deciding who gets an organ transplant. It applies to general hospitals, rural emergency hospitals, and critical access hospitals.
- Currently, many transplant centers require patients to stay up-to-date on vaccines to protect their weakened immune systems after surgery. This policy would prevent doctors from using that information when choosing who receives an organ.
- The proposal aims to protect patients from being denied life-saving surgery based on their vaccination choices. It would change the rules for hospitals that receive federal funding through Medicare.
- Medical experts often use vaccination status to ensure a patient has the best chance of surviving a transplant, as the medicine used after surgery makes it harder to fight off infections. This bill would remove that specific factor from the decision-making process.
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Milestones
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.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
GIFT Act of 2025
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