295600login-checkProhibiting Discrimination in Organ Transplant Process Under Consideration by Committee |
“State Representative Bronna Kahle delivered testimony before the House Health Policy Committee in support of her legislation prohibiting discrimination in the organ transplant process.
Kahle said that House Bill 4762 ensures that anyone who performs an organ transplant may not refuse to transplant an organ into an individual based solely on the individual’s disability. Further, the bill prohibits lowering an individual’s priority on the organ transplant waiting list simply because they are disabled.
Even though federal law bans organ transplant discrimination based on the presence of a disability, Michigan does not currently prohibit an individual from being denied a transplant surgery solely based on their physical or mental disability.
The plan remains under consideration by the committee.”
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