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GEORGIA HB 128 A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to prohibit providers from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients due solely to the physical or mental disability of the potential recipient; to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance generally, so as to prohibit health insurers from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients due solely to the physical or mental disability of the potential recipient; to provide for definitions; to provide for health benefit plans and collective bargaining; to provide for applicability; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Follow The Progress of The Bill (HB 128) Here

 

Organ Transplant Discrimination Bills In Progress in Other States:

"Sawyer's Law" HB 1273
Update: Signed into law March 10, 2020
(Watch) Charlotte Woodward, Down’s Syndrome Advocate Testimony

New York: S455

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