Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy Act
Sponsored By: Representative Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
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, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 6/30/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Casten
IL • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
DelBene
WA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6]
LA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]
FL • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
PA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]
FL • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
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
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
VT • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Schakowsky
IL • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
WI • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
MO • D
Sponsored 6/30/2025
Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
IL • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Goldman (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
FL • D
Sponsored 7/14/2025
Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
NY • D
Sponsored 4/9/2026
Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]
KY • D
Sponsored 4/21/2026
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 4/28/2026
Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
NY • D
Sponsored 4/29/2026
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 4/29/2026
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