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US Congress · H.R. 1520 · Passed the House

Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act

Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-02-24
Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act Read the full text

Health

What it does

Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act This bill expressly prohibits health care providers and other entities involved in matching donated organs with recipients from denying or restricting an individual's access to organ transplants solely on the basis of the individual's disability, except in limited circumstances. Specifically, these entities may consider an individual's disability when making decisions about transplants only if a physician finds, based on an individualized evaluation, that the individual's physical or mental disability is medically significant to
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.

Where it is

Introduced · 2025-02-24

In the House.

Passed the House · 2025-06-23
Senate floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.

The numbers

29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
29
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

ARC OF THE UNITED STATESvia THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES
6 filings
UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARINGvia UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING
6 filings
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONvia AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
5 filings
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETYvia NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY
5 filings
AUTISM SPEAKSvia AUTISM SPEAKS
4 filings
From 26 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (2025-06-24).