SAVE Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6534
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2022-02-01
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Disability and health-based discrimination

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Immunology and vaccination

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Latest action: action_date: 2022-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Stop Arduous Vaccine Enforcement Act of 2022 or the SAVE Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits transplant centers from discriminating against an individual on the basis of COVID-19 vaccination status for purposes of determining eligibility or assigning priority for organ transplants.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6534 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 1, 2022 Mr. Cline (for himself, Mr. Griffith , Mr. Wittman , Mr. Good of Virginia , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , and Mr. Roy ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit transplant centers from discriminating against an individual seeking an organ on the basis of whether the individual is vaccinated against COVID–19, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Arduous Vaccine Enforcement Act of 2022 or the SAVE Act of 2022 . 2. No discrimination in organ transplantation on basis of COVID–19 vaccination status Section 372(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 274(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (N), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (O), by striking the period at the end and inserting , and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (P) prohibit a transplant center from treating an individual as ineligible to donate or receive an organ, assigns a lower priority to an individual to receive an organ, or otherwise discriminates against an individual seeking to donate or receive an organ, on the basis of whether the individual is vaccinated (partially or fully) against COVID–19. .