Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Stop Arduous Vaccine Enforcement Act of 2022” or the “SAVE Act of 2022”.
Stop Arduous Vaccine Enforcement Act of 2022
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit transplant centers from discriminating against an individual seeking an organ on the basis of whether the individual is vaccinated against COVID–19, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 No discrimination in organ transplantation on basis of COVID–19 vaccination status
Section 372(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274(b)(2)) is amended—
in subparagraph (N), by striking “and” at the end;
in subparagraph (O), by striking the period at the end and inserting “, and”; and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(P) prohibit a transplant center from treating an individual as ineligible to donate or receive an organ, assigns a lower priority to an individual to receive an organ, or otherwise discriminates against an individual seeking to donate or receive an organ, on the basis of whether the individual is vaccinated (partially or fully) against COVID–19.”