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This bill seeks to prohibit federal funding and tax deductions for gender transition procedures across multiple federal healthcare programs. Specifically, the bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code to deny medical expense tax deductions for any procedures related to gender transition, including hormone therapies, puberty-blocking drugs, surgical interventions, and cosmetic surgeries aimed at altering physical appearance to align with a gender identity different from one's biological sex. The bill would also modify Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to prevent federal funding for these procedures, with some narrow exceptions such as treating disorders of sex development, addressing life-threatening physical conditions, or performing procedures to restore the body after previous gender transition interventions. The bill provides detailed definitions of terms like "sex," "gender transition," and "gender transition procedures," emphasizing a biological definition of sex based on reproductive function at conception. Additionally, the bill would exclude gender transition procedures from the essential health benefits required under the Affordable Care Act. The effective date for these changes would be the date of the act's enactment, applying to taxable years and services furnished after that point.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3205/all-info