Last progress January 23, 2025 (10 months ago)
Introduced on January 23, 2025 by Brian Babin
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Workforce, Natural Resources, 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.
This bill would let people who had gender-transition medical procedures as minors sue the medical provider if they were harmed. They could seek money for damages and legal costs, and they would have up to 30 years after turning 18 to file a case. It also says no federal law can force a medical provider to perform a gender-transition procedure. If a state requires providers to perform these procedures, that state would lose federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The bill defines gender-transition procedures to include certain surgeries or hormone treatments that change a person’s body to a sex different from their biological sex. It does not include care for people with certain medical conditions affecting sex development, treatment for problems caused by a past transition procedure, or emergency care to prevent death or serious harm. The bill would take effect as soon as it becomes law.