Prohibiting hospitals from taking into account vaccination status in selecting organ recipients

Section 1866(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (X), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (Y), by striking the period at the end and inserting, and; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (Y) the following new subparagraph: (Z) in the case of a hospital, critical access hospital, or rural emergency hospital, to not take into account the vaccination status of an individual when determining which individual should receive an organ transplant..