§ 40:1170.1 — Legislative findings; declaration

Louisiana § 40:1170.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§1170.1. Legislative findings; declaration
A. The legislature hereby finds all of the following:
(1) A developmental, intellectual, or physical disability does not diminish a person's
right to health care.
(2) The provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended (42
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities, yet many
individuals with disabilities experience discrimination in accessing critical healthcare
services.
(3) In some cases, persons with developmental, intellectual, or physical disabilities
have been denied life-saving organ transplants based on beliefs or assumptions by healthcare
providers that those persons are incapable of complying with post-transplant medical
requirements, or that they lack adequate support systems to ensure compliance with those
medical requirements.
(4) Although organ transplant centers must consider medical and psychosocial
criteria when determining whether a patient is suitable to receive an organ transplant,
transplant centers that participate in Medicare, Medicaid, and other federally funded
programs are required to use patient selection criteria that result in a fair and
nondiscriminatory distribution of organs.
B. The legislature hereby declares that Louisiana residents in need of organ
transplants shall be entitled to an assurance that they will not encounter discrimination on the
basis of a disability.

Legislative History

Acts 2019, No. 57, §3, eff. May 30, 2019.