Block Organ Transplant Purchases from China Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-03-14Topic: health care

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Block Organ Transplant Purchases from China Act of 2025 or the Block Act of 2025 This bill prohibits Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurers from covering organ transplants that occur in China or that involve organs that are not procured through the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. The bill also prohibits health care providers from performing such a transplant or related services, except for life-saving services that are necessary as a result of such a transplant. Violations are subject to criminal and civil penalties.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2025-03-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2025-03-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2025-03-14		Introduced in House	introduce
2025-03-14		Introduced in House	introduce

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