,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ah1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,johnson of ,south ,dakota 7for        
himself1 ,mr4 ,austin ,scott of         
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1 ,mr4 ,rulli1  
,mr4 ,ezell1 ,mrs4 ,bice1 ,mr4 ,moore of
 ,alabama1 and ,mr4 ,rose7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to prevent       
#cdj;,b covered entities from using     
savings derived for sex reassignment    
surgeries1 hormonal therapies1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,no #cdj;,b    
,savings for ,transgender ,care ,act4   
#b4 ,prohibition on use of #cdj;b       
savings for services described for      
transgender individuals  7a7            
,prohibition on use of #cdj;,b savings  
for services described ,section         
#cdj;,b7a77#d7 of the ,public ,health   
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#bef;b7a77#e77 is amended by adding at  

the end the following3  7,e7            
,prohibition on use of #cdj;b savings   
for services described ,a covered entity
 participating in the program under this
 section may not use any funds derived  
from the difference between the #cdj;,b 
ceiling price and the actual acquisition
 cost of covered outpatient drugs to pay
 for services described4 7i7            
,definitions ,for purposes of this      
subsection-- 7,i7 ,covered entity ,the  
term covered entities has the meaning   
given such term in section              
#cdj;,b7a77#d74  7,,ii7 ,services       
described ,the term services described  
means-- 7aa7 sex reassignment surgeries 
furnished for the purpose of the gender 
alteration of a transgender individual2 
and  7bb7 hormone treatments furnished  
for the purpose of the gender alteration
 of a transgender individual4  4