To prohibit the performance of gender-related medical treatment on minors, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit payment and participation under the Medicare program with respect to such treatment, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Prohibits gender-related medical treatment for minors under federal criminal law, bars Medicare payment and provider participation for such treatment, and prohibits federal funding for it, subject to specified medical exceptions.
Who Benefits and How
Constituencies favoring a nationwide federal prohibition on these treatments for minors could gain criminal, payment, and funding restrictions with narrow medical exceptions.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Providers, hospitals, and affected minors and families could face criminal, payment, and funding barriers, while DOJ and HHS would need to enforce the new criminal and Medicare-related restrictions.
Key Provisions
- Creates a new federal criminal prohibition on knowingly performing or attempting to perform covered gender-related medical treatment on a minor in specified interstate-commerce circumstances, with up to 10 years' imprisonment.
- Defines covered treatments, male, female, sex, gender, and minor, and creates exceptions for certain disorders of sex development, ambiguous biological sex characteristics, and treatment of resulting injuries or disorders.
- Bars Medicare payment for covered treatments furnished to minors beginning 90 days after enactment.
- Requires termination or denial of Medicare enrollment for providers or suppliers that furnish covered treatments to minors and bars any federal funds from being spent on those treatments or coverage for them.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Prohibits gender-related medical treatment for minors under federal criminal law, bars Medicare payment and provider participation for such treatment, and prohibits federal funding for it, subject to specified medical exceptions.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Criminal Justice, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Prohibits gender-related medical treatment for minors under federal criminal law, bars Medicare payment and provider participation for such treatment, and prohibits federal funding for it, subject to specified medical exceptions.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal policymakers and constituencies seeking a nationwide prohibition on covered treatments for minors
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Providers, hospitals, affected minors and families, and DOJ and HHS administrators enforcing the prohibition
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Mace (for herself, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Weber of Texas, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Gender-affirming care clinics and hospitals, Healthcare providers performing gender-affirming care on minors, Healthcare providers receiving federal funding for gender-affirming care
Pharmaceutical companies producing puberty blockers and hormone therapies
Health insurance plans offering gender-affirming coverage for minors
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_hhs"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "attorney_general"
- → Attorney General
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