Text of US HB 2197 (2025)
No 340B Savings for Transgender Care Act
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119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2197
To prevent 340B covered entities from using savings derived for sex
reassignment surgeries, hormonal therapies, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 2025
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia,
Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. RULLI, Mr. EZELL, Mrs. BICE, Mr. MOORE of Ala-
bama, and Mr. ROSE) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To prevent 340B covered entities from using savings derived
for sex reassignment surgeries, hormonal therapies, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No 340B Savings for
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Transgender Care Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF 340B SAVINGS FOR SERV-
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ICES DESCRIBED FOR TRANSGENDER INDI-
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VIDUALS.
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(a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF 340B SAVINGS FOR
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SERVICES DESCRIBED.—Section 340B(a)(4) of the Public
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Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(5)) is amended by
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adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(E) PROHIBITION ON USE OF 340B SAV-
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INGS
FOR
SERVICES
DESCRIBED.—A covered
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entity participating in the program under this
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section may not use any funds derived from the
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difference between the 340B ceiling price and
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the actual acquisition cost of covered outpatient
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drugs to pay for services described.
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‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of
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this subsection—
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‘‘(I)
COVERED
ENTITY.—The
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term ‘covered entities’ has the mean-
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ing given such term in section
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340B(a)(4).
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‘‘(II) SERVICES
DESCRIBED.—
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The term ‘services described’ means—
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‘‘(aa) sex reassignment sur-
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geries furnished for the purpose
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of the gender alteration of a
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transgender individual; and
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‘‘(bb) hormone treatments
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furnished for the purpose of the
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gender
alteration
of
a
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transgender individual.’’.
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