The bill amends the Social Welfare Act of 1939 by adding a new section, 109z, which prohibits the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services from providing coverage for human organ transplants under the medical assistance program under specific conditions. Coverage will be denied if the transplant operation occurs in China or any other country identified as participating in forced organ harvesting, or if the organ was procured through sale or donation from such countries.

Additionally, the bill defines "forced organ harvesting" as the removal of organs from a living individual through coercion, abduction, deception, fraud, or abuse of power. This legislative change aims to ensure that Michigan's medical assistance program does not support practices associated with unethical organ procurement.

Statutes affected:
House Introduced Bill: 400.1, 400.119