S. 2246 — Introduced in Senate

II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2246 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 11, 2023 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 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gender-Affirming Care Access Research for Equity Act or the Gender-Affirming CARE Act. 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.