GIFT Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced
Summary
Would bar hospitals from using vaccination status when deciding who receives an organ transplant. It would apply to hospitals, critical access hospitals, and rural emergency hospitals.
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- Transplant candidates: Would not be excluded or deprioritized for organ offers based on their vaccination status.
- Hospitals and transplant programs: Would be prohibited from using vaccination status as a criterion in allocation decisions.
- Rural and critical access facilities: Would be explicitly covered so the restriction applies across small, remote, and larger hospitals.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Transplant decisions ignore vaccination status
If enacted, hospitals could not consider your vaccination status when choosing who gets an organ transplant. This would apply to hospitals, critical access hospitals, and rural emergency hospitals. It would limit non-medical barriers in transplant selection. It would take effect upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
FL • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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