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CT SB00330
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/3/2022
Primary Sponsor
Public Health Committee
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AI Summary
- Prohibits deeming candidates with physical, mental, or intellectual disabilities ineligible to receive anatomical gifts or organs solely based on their disability status
- Allows physicians to deny eligibility only when they determine after evaluation that a disability is medically significant enough to contraindicate transplant acceptance
- Requires that inability to comply with post-transplant medical requirements without assistance shall not be considered medically significant if the person has necessary support available
- Applies anti-discrimination protections to all parts of the transplant process
- Does not require physicians to perform medically inappropriate transplants or make referrals they deem unsuitable
- Takes effect upon passage
Legislative Description
An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Against Persons With A Disability Who Are Candidates To Receive An Anatomical Gift Or Organ.
Last Action
File Number 184
3/29/2022
Committee Referrals
Public Health3/3/2022
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