SB208 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randy PriceSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to health care; to prohibit discrimination against an individual with a disability in receiving an anatomical gift or organ transplant based on his or her disability; and to require health care providers and organ transplant centers to provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability in medical need of an anatomical gift or organ transplant.

Summary

SB208 would prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities in receiving anatomical gifts or organ transplants and require providers to offer reasonable accommodations.

What This Bill Does

It would bar denying an organ transplant or related services solely because of a disability. It would require health care providers, hospitals, and transplant centers to provide reasonable accommodations, including interpreters, accessible materials, and support for decision-making. It would require modifications to policies and practices to ensure access to transplantation-related services unless doing so would fundamentally alter the services or cause an undue burden. It also allows disability to be considered only when medically significant, as determined by a physician, if the individual has adequate support to meet post-transplant requirements.

Who It Affects

• Individuals with disabilities who need an anatomical gift or organ transplant, protected from discrimination and eligible for accommodations
• Health care providers, hospitals, and organ transplant centers (covered entities) that must provide accommodations, modify policies, and ensure nondiscriminatory access
• Entities that match donors to recipients and other covered health care entities involved in organ transplantation

Key Provisions

• Prohibits discrimination against a qualified individual in receiving an anatomical gift or organ transplant based solely on disability
• Prohibits denying related services, referrals, or waiting-list placement due to disability; prohibits lower priority based on disability; prohibits denying insurance coverage for transplantation procedures
• Requires reasonable modifications to policies and practices and provision of auxiliary aids and services and supported decision-making to ensure access to transplantation-related services
• Defines key terms (anatomical gift, disability, organ transplant, covered entity, auxiliary aids and services, supported decision-making, qualified individual) and outlines who must comply
• Allows disability to be considered only if medically significant to post-transplant care, as determined by a physician, provided the individual has adequate support
• Effective date: the act takes effect on the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Organ Transplants, prohibit discrimination against candidates who have disabilities