Bars federal Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures for minors

§1What it does

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This bill would bar federal Medicaid payments for gender transition procedures for people under 18.^2,3 It defines these as procedures meant to change a person's body so that it no longer matches the person's biological sex, including certain surgeries, implants and medications such as hormones.³ It exempts procedures provided to minors with a parent's or guardian's consent that are meant to treat early puberty, genetic disorders or chromosomal abnormalities, to reverse an earlier gender transition procedure, or to prevent imminent death or impairment of a major bodily function.³

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§3How Congress voted

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