Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy Act
Sponsored By: Representative Thanedar
Introduced
Summary
Ban on Medicaid payments for conversion therapy. This bill would bar Medicaid from paying for any practice or treatment that seeks to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity and would add that prohibition and definitions into the Social Security Act.
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- Medicaid enrollees: People on Medicaid would not have conversion therapy covered by Medicaid, because the bill defines conversion therapy and forbids payments for it.
- Providers: Any person or entity that receives money for trying to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity could not bill or be paid by Medicaid for those services.
- State Medicaid programs: Federal Medicaid payments could not be used for expenses for conversion therapy after the law's effective date, because the bill adds a conforming rule to federal Medicaid funding rules.
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No Medicaid payments for conversion therapy
If enacted, Medicaid would not pay for conversion therapy, and states would not get federal matching for it. This would apply to State plans and waivers. The ban would start on the first day of the first quarter that begins on or after the date the bill is enacted. “Conversion therapy” would mean any paid practice that seeks to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It would not include support during gender transition, acceptance- and support-focused counseling, or neutral services that do not try to change who someone is.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Thanedar
MI • D
Cosponsors
Dingell
MI • D
Sponsored 6/30/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Brownley
CA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Casten
IL • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Davids (KS)
KS • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
DelBene
WA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Deluzio
PA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Fields
LA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Frost
FL • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Jayapal
WA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Krishnamoorthi
IL • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Lee (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Lieu
CA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Lynch
MA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Moskowitz
FL • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Moulton
MA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Peters
CA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Pocan
WI • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Scanlon
PA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Tonko
NY • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Vargas
CA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Balint
VT • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Schakowsky
IL • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Moore (WI)
WI • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Bell
MO • D
Sponsored 6/30/2025
Quigley
IL • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Goldman (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Goldman (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Chu
CA • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Wasserman Schultz
FL • D
Sponsored 7/14/2025
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