S 3985 117th Congress Senate Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Disability and health-based discrimination Emergency medical services and trauma care Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Medicaid Medicare Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Doss's Act

Introduced: March 31, 2022 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Mar 31, 2022

Introduced in Senate

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Guarding against Injustice based on Vaccine-status, Ensuring Lifesaving Intervention For Everyone Act or the GIVE LIFE Act or Doss's Act

This bill generally prohibits an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status from being taken into account for purposes of organ donation or receipt. The bill also prohibits (1) the incidence rate of COVID-19 in a geographic area from being considered in such decisions, and (2) the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network from establishing standards that incorporate any of these factors.

Additionally, as a condition of Medicare and Medicaid participation, health care providers, with specified exceptions (e.g., skilled nursing facilities), may not deny services to individuals based on COVID-19 vaccination status.

What's happening now March 31, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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