Bars organ transplant providers and the national organ transplant board from denying or limiting transplant access, referral, or waiting list placement solely because a person has a mental or physical disability.

• Prohibits covered health care providers and transplant hospitals from refusing transplant evaluation, referral, waiting list placement, or transplants solely on the basis of disability
• Directs the board of directors described in Public Health Service Act section 372(b)(1)(B) not to issue policies that hinder transplant access based solely on disability
• Allows disability to be considered when a physician finds, after an individualized evaluation, that it is medically significant to the transplant, and requires reasonable policy modifications unless they would fundamentally alter the policies
• Lets individuals file claims with the HHS Office for Civil Rights, and preserves existing rights under the ADA, Section 504, and Section 1557 and any more protective state or local law

• Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
• Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (Senate)

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