Bill Text: SC S1037 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Organ transplant recipients
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-02 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs [S1037 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2021-S1037-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-43-925 SO AS TO PROHIBIT HOSPITALS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST POTENTIAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS BASED ON A PERSON'S COVID-19 VACCINATION STATUS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 11, Chapter 43, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 44-43-925. (A) A hospital is prohibited from establishing or implementing any policy that makes a person ineligible to be an organ transplant recipient, or has the effect of removing a person from an organ transplant list, based upon the person's COVID-19 vaccination status.
(B) An insurance company is prohibited from establishing or implementing any policy that denies coverage for an organ transplant recipient based upon the person's COVID-19 vaccination status."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
