,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cihe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ca1    
#bjbb,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself and ,mr4   
,grassley7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to prohibit the consideration  
of ,,covid-#ai vaccination status in    
determining eligibility for organ       
donation or transplantation1 and in     
providing services to ,medicare or      
,medicaid beneficiaries4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,guarding against ,injustice based on   
,vaccine-status1 ,ensuring ,lifesaving  
,intervention ,for ,everyone ,act1 the  
,,give ,,life ,act1 or ,doss's ,act4    
#b4 ,prohibitions  7a7 ,in general      
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law-- 7#a7 no individual may be         
determined to be ineligible for organ   
donation or receipt of an organ         
transplant on the basis of the          

,,covid-#ai vaccination status of the   
individual2  7#b7 no individual may be  
given a higher or lower priority for    
such a donation or receipt on such      
basis2  7#c7 the incidence of           
,,covid-#ai positive rates in a         
geographic area or region1 as determined
 by public health officials1 may not be 
a factor in determining eligibility to  
donate organs or to receive organs2 and 
7#d7 any provider who denies services to
 any individual based on the ,,covid-#ai
 vaccination status of the individual   
7other than services furnished by a     
skilled nursing facility 7as defined in 
section #ahai7;a7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acie;i-#c7;a7771 a nursing facility 7as
 defined in section #aiai7;a7 of such   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acifr7a7771 a      
hospice program 7as defined in section  
#ahfa7;dd77#b7 of such ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #aciex7dd77#b7771 or a        
long-term care facility7 shall not be   
eligible for reimbursement under the    

,medicare program under title ,,xviii of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #acie et seq471 and ,federal  
financial participation shall not be    
available for any payment made by a     
,state to such a provider for services  
furnished as medical assistance under   
the ,state's ,medicaid program under    
title ,,xix of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#acif et seq474  7b7 ,application of    
requirements ,paragraphs 7#a7 through   
7#c7 of subsection 7a7 shall apply with 
respect to all organ donations and      
receipt of organ transplants in the     
,united ,states1 including under the    
laws administered by the ,secretary of  
,veterans ,affairs and the laws         
administered by the ,secretary of       
,defense4  7c7 ,organ procurement and   
transplantation network ,section        
#cgb7;b7 of the ,public ,health ,service
 ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bgd7;b77 is       
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#d7 ,clarification         
regarding ,,covid-#ai vaccination status

 ,the criteria and standards established
 under paragraph 7#b7 may not include   
any consideration the ,,covid-#ai       
vaccination status of organ donors or   
recipients1 or of the incidence of      
,,covid-#ai positive rates in a         
geographic area or region1 as determined
 by public health officials4  4