Johns Hopkins Becomes First Center in Country to Offer HIV-Positive to HIV-Positive Organ Transplants

February 9, 2016

(Washington Post) – The rules governing organ procurement, patient eligibility, ranking of wait lists and accreditation of hospitals that can perform transplants are extremely complex in the United States, and until recently the use of organs from HIV-positive individuals had been illegal. That changed with the passage of the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act or HOPE Act, which was signed into law in late 2013.