HR 498
Do No Harm in Medicaid Act
Summary
Do No Harm in Medicaid Act This bill prohibits federal Medicaid payment for specified gender transition procedures for individuals under the age of 18. The bill defines these procedures to mean those that are intended to change the body of an individual to no longer correspond to the individual's biological sex (male or female), including specified surgeries, implants, and medications (e.g., hormones). The bill excludes procedures that are provided to an individual under the age of 18 with the consent of a parent or legal guardian and that are intended to (1) rectify early puberty, genetic disorders, or chromosomal abnormalities; (2) reverse prior gender transition procedures; or (3) prevent imminent death or impairment of a major bodily function.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX-2]
- Cosponsors
- 6
- Policy area
- Health
- Introduced
- 2025-01-16
- Latest action
- 2025-12-18: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-12-18: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2025-12-18: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-12-18: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 201 (Roll no. 362). (text: CR H6057)
- 2025-12-18: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 201 (Roll no. 362).
- 2025-12-18: On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 204 - 212 (Roll no. 361).