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Committee approves amendment to transplant fairness law to prevent COVID-19 vaccination as sole disqualifier
Summary
The committee recommended a do-pass for HB 522, which amends existing transplant fairness law to specify that COVID‑19 vaccination status cannot be the sole basis for denying organ transplant eligibility.
The committee recommended a do-pass on House Bill 522, which would amend existing transplant-fairness law to add COVID‑19 vaccination status to the list of factors that cannot be the sole reason to deny organ-transplant eligibility.
Representative (name recorded as) Gullett presented the bill and said it builds on 2020's Gracie’s Law (authored originally by Representative Rick Williams) to prevent discrimination in organ-transplant decisions. He told the committee the bill "adds COVID 19 where it can't be the sole discriminating factor for an organ transplant" while allowing other legitimate clinical reasons to continue to guide eligibility decisions.
Committee members had no substantive questions recorded in the transcript, and a motion for a due-pass recommendation was made and approved by voice vote. The committee chair announced a due pass on LC339780, and the bill will advance to the next step in the legislative process.
