Prohibits discrimination in DOH policies for allocating critical health care resources.

The bill mandates that the Department of Health's critical health care resource allocation policies comply with federal civil rights laws and prohibit certain discriminatory practices. Specifically, it bans exclusions or deprioritizations based on disability, long-term survivability, and reallocation of personal ventilators. It also requires hospitals to adjust Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scores to avoid penalizing patients with unrelated underlying conditions.

Prohibits discrimination in DOH policies for allocating critical health care resources.

The bill mandates that the Department of Health's critical health care resource allocation policies comply with federal civil rights laws and prohibit certain discriminatory practices. Specifically, it bans exclusions or deprioritizations based on disability, long-term survivability, and reallocation of personal ventilators. It also requires hospitals to adjust Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scores to avoid penalizing patients with unrelated underlying conditions.