GIFT Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-2015
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2025-03-10
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-10
text: 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.

Summaries:

tv_txt: 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. .