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GA HB842
Bill
Status
Engrossed
2/28/2020
Primary Sponsor
Ricky Williams
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AI Summary
- Prohibits health care providers and organ-matching entities from denying organ transplants, waiting list placement, referrals, or related medical services to individuals solely on the basis of a physical or mental disability, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Prohibits health insurers from denying coverage, limiting benefits, or penalizing providers related to organ transplantation solely because of a covered person's disability
- Requires covered entities to make reasonable modifications to policies and provide auxiliary aids or services (e.g., interpreters, supported decision-making) to ensure individuals with disabilities can access transplantation services, unless doing so would fundamentally alter services or impose an undue burden
- Allows a covered entity to consider a disability only when a physician finds it medically significant to the transplant through an individualized evaluation, and bars treating an inability to independently comply with posttransplant requirements as medically significant if the individual has a support system in place
- Authorizes affected individuals to file civil actions in superior court for injunctive and equitable relief, with expedited review, but does not create a right to compensatory or punitive damages
Legislative Description
Gracie's Law; enact
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
3/2/2020
Full Bill Text
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