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HR 498 · Do No Harm in Medicaid Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Introduced
Jan 16, 2025
Latest action
Dec 18, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX-2]
Policy area
Health
Cosponsors
6

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.

Recent actions

  1. Dec 18, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  2. Dec 18, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Dec 18, 2025 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 201 (Roll no. 362). (text: CR H6057)
  4. Dec 18, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 201 (Roll no. 362).
  5. Dec 18, 2025 On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 204 - 212 (Roll no. 361).
  6. Dec 18, 2025 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6072-6073)
  7. Dec 18, 2025 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 498, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Soto demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  8. Dec 18, 2025 The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

Votes

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