What This Bill Does · Plain English
Summary · Congress.gov
Guaranteeing Individual Fairness in Transplants Act of 2025 or the GIFT Act of 2025 This bill requires, as a condition of Medicare participation, hospitals, critical access hospitals, and rural emergency hospitals to disregard an individual's vaccination status when determining which individual should receive an organ transplant.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.2015 pass?
HR.2015 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 32%.
What does HR.2015 do?
Guaranteeing Individual Fairness in Transplants Act of 2025 or the GIFT Act of 2025 This bill requires, as a condition of Medicare participation, hospitals, critical access hospitals, and rural emergency hospitals to disregard an individual's vaccination status when determining which individual should receive an organ transplant.
Who sponsored HR.2015?
HR.2015 was sponsored by W. Gregory Steube (R-Florida).
Full Bill Text
119 HR 2015 IH: Guaranteeing Individual Fairness in Transplants Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-03-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2015 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2025 Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit hospitals from taking into account vaccination status in selecting organ recipients. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guaranteeing Individual Fairness in Transplants Act of 2025 or the GIFT Act of 2025 . 2. Prohibiting hospitals from taking into account vaccination status in selecting organ recipients Section 1866(a)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (X), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (Y), by striking the period at the end and inserting , and ; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (Y) the following new subparagraph: (Z) in the case of a hospital, critical access hospital, or rural emergency hospital, to not take into account the vaccination status of an individual when determining which individual should receive an organ transplant. .
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