S. 1782 — Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act

This section defines key terms for the Act, including covered entities as licensed health care providers and transplant hospitals engaged in interstate commerce; qualified individuals as those meeting organ transplant eligibility requirements with or without supports; reasonable modifications to include consideration of support networks and supported decision-making; and related concepts such as auxiliary aids, human organs, organ transplants, and support networks.

This section prohibits the board of directors of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network from issuing policies, recommendations, or memoranda that would deny or hinder a qualified individual's access to an organ transplant based solely on the individual's disability.

This section prohibits covered entities from denying a qualified individual eligibility for an organ transplant or related services, refusing to provide such services or referrals, or refusing placement on a waiting list, solely on the basis of disability. It permits consideration of disability only when a physician determines it medically significant after an individualized evaluation, requires reasonable modifications to policies and practices, and directs complaints to the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.

This section applies the Act's provisions on organ transplants to the evaluation and listing of qualified individuals, the transplant procedure, and all post-transplant treatment. It also applies the Act's provisions on related services to the full process by which such individuals receive those services.

This section preserves any State or local law that provides greater rights to qualified individuals with respect to organ transplants than those established under this Act.