Doss's Act
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 31, 2022
Last action Mar 31, 2022
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2
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Committee
1
Mar 31, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Mar 31, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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