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GA HB576
Bill
Status
Engrossed
2/12/2024
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Gullett
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AI Summary
- Prohibits health care providers and facilities ("covered entities") from denying organ transplants, related medical services, waiting list placement, or insurance coverage to individuals solely based on their COVID-19 vaccination status
- Defines "vaccine status" as whether an individual has received a specific vaccination or series of vaccinations for COVID-19, with COVID-19 defined by reference to the Governor's March 14, 2020, public health state of emergency declaration
- Amends Georgia's existing organ transplant anti-discrimination law (Code Section 31-1-24), which already protected individuals with disabilities, by adding vaccine status as a new protected category throughout the statute
- Covered entities include licensed health care practitioners, hospitals, nursing facilities, laboratories, intermediate care facilities, psychiatric residential treatment facilities, and entities responsible for matching organ donors to recipients
- Affected individuals may bring civil actions for injunctive and equitable relief to enforce compliance, but the law does not create a right to compensatory or punitive damages
Legislative Description
Health; prohibit certain health care providers and facilities from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients due solely to their vaccine status
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
2/13/2024
Committee Referrals
Health and Human Services2/13/2024
Health2/27/2023
Full Bill Text
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