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NY A06924
Bill
Status
3/18/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joe Sempolinski
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AI Summary
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Prohibits healthcare providers and organ matching entities from denying organ transplants, transplant-related services, waiting list placement, or insurance coverage solely based on a person's physical or mental disability
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Requires covered entities to provide auxiliary aids and services including interpreters, accessible information formats, assistive technology, and supported decision-making services to individuals with disabilities seeking transplants
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Allows disability to be considered only when a physician determines through individualized evaluation that it is medically significant to the transplant procedure itself
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Specifies that a person's inability to independently comply with post-transplant medical requirements cannot be used to deny a transplant if they have a support system (family, friends, or community-based services) to assist them
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Provides enforcement remedies equivalent to those under the Americans with Disabilities Act and requires courts to prioritize cases alleging violations of this article
Legislative Description
Prevents discrimination against persons with physical or mental disabilities in regards to organ donations.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
3/16/2026