Gender-Affirming Care Access Research for Equity Act

S. 2246 · 118th Congress · Jul 11, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To authorize the appropriation of funds to the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on barriers to gender-affirming care.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Gender-Affirming Care Access Research for Equity Act” or the “Gender-Affirming CARE Act”.

Sec. 2 Funding for research by NIH and CDC on barriers to gender-affirming care

There is authorized to be appropriated to each of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029 for the purpose of conducting or supporting research on barriers to gender-affirming care, and the impact of those barriers on health outcomes, under the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). The amounts authorized to be appropriated by the preceding sentence are in addition to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for such purpose.

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Jul 11, 2023viewing Introduced in Senate Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Welch, Ms. Warren, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Gender-Affirming Care Access Research for Equity Act

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Funding for research by NIH and CDC on barriers to gender-affirming care

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