HB21-1169 Summary

• Creates "Pruitt's Law" (Article 56, Title 25) prohibiting discrimination against individuals with disabilities in organ transplant processes based solely on disability status.

• Covered entities (health-care practitioners, licensed health facilities, and correctional facilities) cannot deny transplants, refuse referrals, or deprioritize qualified recipients with disabilities unless disability is medically significant following individualized evaluation.

• Requires covered entities to make reasonable modifications to policies and procedures and provide auxiliary aids or services unless doing so would fundamentally alter services or create undue burden.

• Allows individuals to bring civil actions in district court for injunctive or equitable relief with priority and expedited judicial review; does not create right to compensatory or punitive damages.

• Amends health insurance law to prohibit carriers from denying, declining, or limiting coverage for organ transplants or related treatments based solely on a covered person's disability.