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Us Congress House Bill HB1276

Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB1276

Introduced
3/1/23  
Refer
3/1/23  
Refer
3/10/23  

Caption

Protect Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2023

Impact

If enacted, HB 1276 would significantly alter current healthcare practices surrounding gender transition procedures for minors by introducing liability for medical providers. This may lead to a decrease in the number of practitioners willing to perform such procedures due to the risk of legal repercussions. The applicability of this law extends to any practitioner engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, indicating federal oversight and interest in managing how healthcare services related to gender identity are administered across state lines. The bill also specifies that states requiring medical practitioners to perform these procedures would lose federal funding, further pressuring state laws and healthcare practices.

Summary

House Bill 1276, titled the 'Protect Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2023,' seeks to address issues surrounding gender transition procedures performed on individuals under 18 years of age. The bill establishes a private right of action allowing minors who undergo such procedures to sue medical practitioners for any resulting harm, which may include physical and psychological injuries. This legislative effort reflects a growing debate about the medical care provided to transgender minors and aims to provide legal recourse to those who feel they have been harmed by such procedures.

Contention

The bill has sparked considerable debate, with proponents arguing that it is a necessary measure to protect vulnerable youth from potential medical overreach and malpractice. Opponents, however, criticize HB 1276 as an infringement on medical autonomy and an obstruction to necessary healthcare for transgender youth. The discussions surrounding the bill underscore broader societal tensions regarding gender identity, medical ethics, and parental rights in the healthcare decisions for minors. As jurisdictions across the country consider similar legislation, HB 1276 stands as a contentious example of the evolving legal landscape surrounding gender transition healthcare.

Latest HB1276 Activity

Companion Bills

US SB635

Related Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2023

Previously Filed As

US SB635

Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2023

US SB199

Concerning Medical Malpractice And Gender Transition In Minors; And To Create The Protecting Minors From Medical Malpractice Act Of 2023.

US HB1916

To Amend The Protecting Minors From Medical Malpractice Act Of 2023; And To Include Gender-affirming Interventions As A Right Of Action For Medical Malpractice.

US HB3688

Protecting Children from Experimentation Act of 2025

US HB653

Protect Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025This bill makes a medical practitioner who performs a gender-transition procedure on an individual who is less than 18 years of age liable for any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms from the procedure for 30 years after the individual turns 18.Additionally, if a state requires medical practitioners to perform gender-transition procedures, that state shall be ineligible for federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services.Under the bill, gender-transition procedures generally include certain surgeries or hormone therapies that change the body of an individual to correspond to a sex that is discordant with the individual's biological sex. They exclude, however, interventions to treat (1) individuals who either have ambiguous external biological sex characteristics or lack a normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action; (2) infections, injuries, diseases, or disorders caused by a gender-transition procedure; or (3) a physical disorder, injury, or illness that places an individual in imminent danger of death or impairment of a major bodily function.

US SB209

Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025This bill makes a medical practitioner who performs a gender-transition procedure on an individual who is less than 18 years of age liable for any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms from the procedure for 30 years after the individual turns 18.Additionally, if a state requires medical practitioners to perform gender-transition procedures, that state shall be ineligible for federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services.Under the bill, gender-transition procedures generally include certain surgeries or hormone therapies that change the body of an individual to correspond to a sex that is discordant with the individual's biological sex. They exclude, however, interventions to treat (1) individuals who either have ambiguous external biological sex characteristics or lack a normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action; (2) infections, injuries, diseases, or disorders caused by a gender-transition procedure; or (3) a physical disorder, injury, or illness that places an individual in imminent danger of death or impairment of a major bodily function.

US SB5424

STOP Act Safeguarding The Overall Protection of Minors Act

US HB3492

Protect Children’s Innocence Act of 2025

US SB2357

Protect Children’s Innocence Act

US HB743

Protect and Serve Act of 2023

Similar Bills

IN SB0480

Gender transition procedures for minors.

IA SF110

A bill for an act relating to gender-transition procedures, and including effective date provisions.

IN HB1444

Gender transition procedures for minors.

US SB209

Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025This bill makes a medical practitioner who performs a gender-transition procedure on an individual who is less than 18 years of age liable for any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms from the procedure for 30 years after the individual turns 18.Additionally, if a state requires medical practitioners to perform gender-transition procedures, that state shall be ineligible for federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services.Under the bill, gender-transition procedures generally include certain surgeries or hormone therapies that change the body of an individual to correspond to a sex that is discordant with the individual's biological sex. They exclude, however, interventions to treat (1) individuals who either have ambiguous external biological sex characteristics or lack a normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action; (2) infections, injuries, diseases, or disorders caused by a gender-transition procedure; or (3) a physical disorder, injury, or illness that places an individual in imminent danger of death or impairment of a major bodily function.

US SB635

Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2023

VA HB8

Medical Ethics Defense Act; established.

VA SB153

Medical Ethics Defense Act; established.

US HB653

Protect Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025This bill makes a medical practitioner who performs a gender-transition procedure on an individual who is less than 18 years of age liable for any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms from the procedure for 30 years after the individual turns 18.Additionally, if a state requires medical practitioners to perform gender-transition procedures, that state shall be ineligible for federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services.Under the bill, gender-transition procedures generally include certain surgeries or hormone therapies that change the body of an individual to correspond to a sex that is discordant with the individual's biological sex. They exclude, however, interventions to treat (1) individuals who either have ambiguous external biological sex characteristics or lack a normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action; (2) infections, injuries, diseases, or disorders caused by a gender-transition procedure; or (3) a physical disorder, injury, or illness that places an individual in imminent danger of death or impairment of a major bodily function.