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Panel approves bill barring transplant denials solely for COVID-19 vaccine status after emotional testimony
Summary
The committee approved LC339780 (amendment to Gracie’s Law) to prohibit transplant centers from denying organ transplants solely on the basis of a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status. The measure passed 11–6 after testimony from a woman who said she was denied evaluation for a transplant because she declined the vaccine.
A committee voted to advance LC339780, an amendment to what sponsors described as Gracie’s Law, that would prohibit a covered entity from denying an organ transplant solely because a patient has not received a COVID-19 vaccination.
Representative Gullett, the bill’s presenter, told the committee the language targets only COVID-19 vaccination as a sole determining factor and is not a broad anti-vaccine measure. “Solely based is the key…
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