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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania Bill Prohibits Medical Gender Transition Procedures and Insurance Coverage for Minors
Last action · March 24, 2025: Referred to HEALTH, March 24, 2025Sponsors: Brad Roae and 19 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania House Bill 1033 prohibits health care practitioners from performing gender transition procedures, prescribing or , or making referrals for these treatments for individuals under 18. The measure also bans health insurance policies and government programs from providing coverage for these procedures, taking effect in 60 days.
Minors seeking gender transition treatments would lose access to these medical procedures, prescriptions, and related insurance coverage within Pennsylvania, while practitioners violating the ban face professional licensing sanctions.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Minors
Minors under 18 are prohibited from receiving gender transition procedures, cross-sex hormones, puberty-blocking drugs, or related medical referrals.
Health care practitioners
Practitioners are barred from performing procedures, prescribing certain medications, or making referrals for minors, and face licensing sanctions for violations.
Insurers
Insurers are prohibited from providing health insurance coverage for gender transition procedures for minors.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Mar 24, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to HEALTH, March 24, 2025
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance80How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy95Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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