Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy Act
Latest action · Sep 2, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 1, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy Act
This bill prohibits state Medicaid programs from covering conversion therapy. The bill defines conversion therapy as any practice or treatment that seeks to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity in exchange for monetary compensation.
Cosponsors 158
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 1, 2021 to Sep 28, 2022; 85 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Original | Apr 1, 2021 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Apr 21, 2021 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Apr 21, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Aug 20, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Aug 20, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Aug 20, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Nov 16, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Nov 30, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 2, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Sep 28, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 1, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 2, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 1, 2021Introduced in House
- Apr 1, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 59, April 1, 2021, page H1707.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-3 | BUILDING BACK BETTER: THE URGENT NEED FOR INVESTMENT IN AMERICA'S WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE92 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Feb 23, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit payments under the Medicaid program for conversion therapy, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2021Introduced in House
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