Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act
Introduced Feb 24, 2025 by Rep. Kat Cammack
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill expressly prohibits health care providers and other entities involved in matching donated organs with recipients from denying or restricting an individual's access to organ transplants solely on the basis of the individual's disability, except in limited circumstances.
Specifically, these entities may consider an individual's disability when making decisions about transplants only if a physician finds, based on an individualized evaluation, that the individual's physical or mental disability is medically significant to the provision of the transplant. A disability shall not be considered medically significant if the individual has an adequate support system in place to comply with transplant-related medical requirements.
These entities must also make reasonable changes to their policies to make transplants and related care more available to individuals with disabilities.
Aggrieved individuals may bring claims of discrimination to the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill provides for expedited resolutions of these claims.
Read the full summary on Congress.govSummary by the Congressional Research Service.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- Jun 24, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Jun 23, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 23, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2858-2859)
- Jun 23, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2858-2859)
- Jun 23, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1520.
- Jun 23, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2858-2860)
- Jun 23, 2025Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jun 12, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 126.
- Jun 12, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-159.
- Apr 29, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 1.
- Apr 29, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 24, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Feb 24, 2025Introduced in House