Bill > S2441

This bill aims to address the issue of unethical organ transplantation practices, particularly the reports of forced organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience in China. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Defining "transplant tourism" as traveling outside one's country of permanent residence to undergo an organ transplant procedure with a foreign national who is not genetically related to the recipient, and imposing significant fines and prison sentences for engaging in such practices. 2. Holding corporations and medical professionals liable for facilitating or failing to report cases of transplant tourism, with penalties ranging from business closure to license revocation. 3. Requiring medical schools and training programs in Massachusetts to provide mandatory coursework on the illegality of transplant tourism and obtain signed agreements from trainees to not participate in such prohibited practices. The overall purpose of the bill is to discourage Massachusetts residents from engaging in unethical organ transplant practices abroad and to uphold the highest medical ethics standards in the state's healthcare system.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2441