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The bill strengthens nondiscrimination and accommodation rights for people with disabilities to improve equitable access to transplants, but it also shifts costs and administrative burdens onto providers and payers, may strain transplant capacity and wait times, and creates implementation and privacy challenges that will need funding and careful rulemaking to manage.
People with disabilities (and other transplant candidates) gain explicit federal nondiscrimination protections so they cannot be denied evaluation, listing, or removal from transplant consideration solely because of a disability, and can seek expedited enforcement through HHS OCR.
Transplant candidates with disabilities will have fairer, more consistent access to organs because decisions must be individualized (not based on disability stereotypes), increasing opportunities for transplantation for disabled patients.
Patients with disabilities get required reasonable modifications, auxiliary aids, supported decision‑making and allowed designees so they can participate in evaluations and care planning, improving their ability to complete transplant processes.
Transplant programs and hospitals may face increased demand and strain on capacity as protected access expands, which could lengthen wait times and affect timely access to organs for all patients if resources and funding are not increased.
Hospitals, transplant programs, and other providers will likely incur new administrative and compliance costs to implement reasonable modifications, supported‑decision processes, and broader coverage rules, raising operational burdens.
Restricting board-issued rules or tightening standards about disability considerations may reduce clinical flexibility and produce more legal disputes over what counts as 'medically significant,' potentially slowing candidacy decisions and complicating clinical judgment.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits disability‑based denial or restriction of organ transplantation and related services, requires reasonable modifications and supported decision‑making, while preserving individualized medical exceptions.
Introduced May 15, 2025 by Ashley Brooke Moody · Last progress May 15, 2025
Prohibits transplant providers and the national transplant network board from denying or limiting organ transplants, related services, referrals, or listing placements solely because a person has a disability. It requires covered health providers and transplant centers to make reasonable modifications, provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, and use supported decision‑making and support networks so qualified individuals with disabilities can access evaluation, transplantation, and post‑transplant care, while preserving clinical medical exceptions based on individualized medical assessments and existing civil‑rights remedies.