No 340B Savings for Transgender Care Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2197 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2197

  To prevent 340B covered entities from using savings derived for sex 
  reassignment surgeries, hormonal therapies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2025

Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, 
 Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Ezell, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Moore of Alabama, 
and Mr. Rose) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prevent 340B covered entities from using savings derived for sex 
  reassignment surgeries, hormonal therapies, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No 340B Savings for Transgender Care 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF 340B SAVINGS FOR SERVICES DESCRIBED FOR 
              TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) Prohibition on Use of 340B Savings for Services Described.--
Section 340B(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
256b(a)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) Prohibition on use of 340b savings for 
                services described.--A covered entity participating in 
                the program under this section may not use any funds 
                derived from the difference between the 340B ceiling 
                price and the actual acquisition cost of covered 
                outpatient drugs to pay for services described.
                            ``(i) Definitions.--For purposes of this 
                        subsection--
                                    ``(I) Covered entity.--The term 
                                `covered entities' has the meaning 
                                given such term in section 340B(a)(4).
                                    ``(II) Services described.--The 
                                term `services described' means--
                                            ``(aa) sex reassignment 
                                        surgeries furnished for the 
                                        purpose of the gender 
                                        alteration of a transgender 
                                        individual; and
                                            ``(bb) hormone treatments 
                                        furnished for the purpose of 
                                        the gender alteration of a 
                                        transgender individual.''.
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