Bill requires health plans to cover care for gender procedure side effects.
H.R. 9743 — TRUTH in Coverage Act of 2026 · Filed by Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) · 14 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill says health plans must cover care for problems from gender procedures. This includes surgery fixes, hormone care, mental health help, and fertility services. Health plans must cover these the same way they cover other medical care. The rule starts January 1, 2027.
Who it affects
People with health plans who had gender procedures and later need care for side effects. Health plan sellers. Doctors and hospitals that give medical care.
One thing to notice
The bill covers care for side effects from procedures done at any time in a person's life. Health plans must pay for these even for procedures that happened before 2027.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
14 cosponsors: 14 Republicans.
- Jul 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 16, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means and House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- gender procedures — Medical treatments to help a person's body match their gender identity.
- health plans — Agreements where companies pay for some or all of a person's medical bills.
- side effects — Problems or harms that happen because of a medical treatment.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (30,327 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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