S 2008
Stop Funding Genital Mutilation Act
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Bill overview
This bill, titled the Stop Funding Genital Mutilation Act, aims to restrict federal Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender transition procedures. It defines a specific list of surgeries, medications, and hormone therapies as ‘specified gender transition procedures’ and prohibits their funding unless they are medically necessary for conditions like disorders of sex development or to correct for complications from previous procedures. The bill includes an exception for puberty suppression or blocking drugs used to normalize puberty in children experiencing precocious puberty.
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