Tennessee Passes New Law to Stop Health Insurance Coverage of Organ Transplant Linked to China
28 March 2025: Gov. Bill Lee has signed the Tennessee Genomic Security and End Organ Harvesting Act, effective January 1st, 2026.
Tennessee is the fourth US state to pass into law prohibition of health insurance coverage for human organ transplant surgeries linked to China. Similar legislation has already passed in Idaho, Texas and Utah.
The Act bars health insurance providers in Tennessee from funding organ transplants and post-transplant care if the organ came from China or if the operation takes place in China.
The law also prohibits medical or research facilities from using genetic sequencers produced in foreign adversary nations including China. Additionally, the medical or research facilities must apply measures to ensure genome data security, with remote access to data storage outside the US banned unless approved by the state health commissioner.
Click HERE to read the bill.
ASSOCIATED NEWS:
- https://www.newsweek.com/us-state-ban-china-organ-transplants-2054849
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/tennessee-enacts-law-to-stop-health-coverage-for-china-linked-organ-transplants-5835776
- https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/tn-bill-prohibiting-organ-transplants-china-regulating-genetic-data-storage-governors-approval/51-61cda8e0-4e64-4b3e-851f-045b084535a6
- https://washingtonstand.com/news/new-state-and-federal-legislation-targets-chinas-forced-organ-harvesting-trade
- https://thehongkongpost.com/2025/04/14/us-state-tennessee-takes-bold-stand-against-china-linked-organ-transplants-with-new-law/
