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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION 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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH10, 2025
Mr. S
TEUBEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned
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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guaranteeing Indi-4
vidual Fairness in Transplants Act of 2025’’ or the 5
‘‘GIFT Act of 2025’’. 6
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING HOSPITALS FROM TAKING INTO AC-1
COUNT VACCINATION STATUS IN SELECTING 2
ORGAN RECIPIENTS. 3
Section 1866(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 4
U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(1)) is amended— 5
(1) in subparagraph (X), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 6
the end; 7
(2) in subparagraph (Y), by striking the period 8
at the end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 9
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (Y) the fol-10
lowing new subparagraph: 11
‘‘(Z) in the case of a hospital, critical access 12
hospital, or rural emergency hospital, to not take 13
into account the vaccination status of an individual 14
when determining which individual should receive an 15
organ transplant.’’. 16
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