To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage that provide benefits for sex-rejecting procedures to provide benefits for items and services to address the harms caused by sex-rejecting procedures and to restore healthy human form and functioning, to the greatest extent practicable.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, 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.
Summary
The bill amends the Public Health Service Act, ERISA, and the Internal Revenue Code to make group health plans and insurers that offer benefits for sex‑rejecting procedures also cover items and services needed to address complications from those procedures. It affects employers offering group health coverage, health‑insurance companies, and individuals who receive gender‑affirming care, aiming to ensure that any harms are medically addressed.
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