US HB1981 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

US Congress House Bill 1981 (Prior Session Legislation)

US State Legislature page for HB1981

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 120-0)
Status: Introduced on March 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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.

Title

Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy Act

Sponsors

Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]
Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-03-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-03-28	House	Introduced in House