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Federal Officials Look to Address Organ Transplant Discrimination

Following years of concerns about people with disabilities being denied organ transplants, federal officials are seeking public comment and Congress could be poised to do something about it too.

Multiple families have come forward in the last decade alleging that doctors have denied their loved ones needed organ transplants because of their intellectual or developmental disabilities. In one case, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights brokered a resolution with the University of North Carolina Health Care system in 2019 after a complaint alleged that a doctor there determined that an individual with an intellectual disability would not be a good candidate for a heart transplant because of the person’s disabilities and the fact that the individual did not live independently.

Read the source article at Disability Scoop

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