HR 2015 · in committee · significant
GIFT Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Hospitals must disregard vaccination status when deciding who receives organ transplants.
- Medicare-participating hospitals, critical access hospitals, and rural emergency hospitals are affected.
- Rule takes effect as a condition of Medicare participation with no specified implementation timeline.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would hospitals implement objective medical criteria for organ allocation if vaccination status cannot be considered alongside other health factors?
- 02
What evidence exists that vaccination status influences transplant outcomes compared to other established medical factors currently used in allocation decisions?
- 03
How might this policy affect organ transplant waitlists and survival rates across different hospital types and patient populations?
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Sponsor · R-FL-17
W. Gregory Steube
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Introduced 2025-03-10
Legislative timeline
2025-03-10 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-03-10 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-03-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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