HB 2659 Summary

• Prohibits health care providers from determining an individual ineligible for organ transplant or denying transplant-related services solely based on disability status.

• Allows providers to consider disability only when a physician determines it is medically significant to the transplant following individualized evaluation, and prevents denial based solely on inability to independently comply with post-transplant requirements if adequate support systems exist.

• Requires health care facilities to provide reasonable modifications to policies and procedures, including auxiliary aids and services, to ensure individuals with disabilities have access to organ transplant-related services unless doing so would fundamentally alter services or create undue hardship.

• Establishes civil action remedy in superior court allowing affected individuals to seek injunctive and equitable relief for violations, with courts required to prioritize and expedite review of such cases.

• Adds definitions including "disability," "auxiliary aids and services," "health care facility," and "health care provider" to Arizona's organ transplant statutes.