End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1927
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Comprehensive health care
Drug therapy
Employee benefits and pensions
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Income tax credits
Sex and reproductive health
Small business
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to federal funding for, and health insurance coverage of, gender reassignment medical interventions, which include surgical remedies and hormone therapy arising from a conflict between an individual's gender identity and the sex the individual has or was identified as having at birth. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds for gender reassignment medical interventions or for health coverage that includes such interventions. Additionally, such interventions may not be provided in a federal health care facility or by a federal employee. Under current law, coverage of these interventions through Medicare and Medicaid is generally determined at the state level.
 
The bill's restrictions regarding the use of federal funds do not apply to treatment of individuals with medically verifiable disorders of sex development, such as individuals born with atypical development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex.
 
The bill also prohibits qualified health plans from including coverage for gender reassignment medical interventions. Further, plans that include coverage for such interventions are not eligible for federal subsidies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House