Bill requires health plans to pay for problems from gender care.
S. 5030 — TRUTH in Coverage Act of 2026 · Filed by Roger Marshall (R-KS) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill says health plans must pay for treatment after gender care procedures. Treatment includes surgery to fix problems, hormone care, mental health help, and fertility help. The bill covers puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries. Health plans must charge the same copays for this care as for other health care.
Who it affects
People who had gender care procedures and later need treatment for problems would be covered. Health plans would have to pay for this care. The bill applies to people who had procedures at any time in their lives.
One thing to notice
The bill's list of procedures it covers is very broad. The bill does not say how much money will pay for this new care.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 16, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
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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