,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjbe,mr4  
,van ,drew introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on ,ways 
and ,means1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xi of the  
,social ,security ,act to prohibit      
providers participating in the ,medicare
 program and ,state health care programs
 from requesting on intake forms        
information regarding the gender        
identity or sexual preference of minors4
  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be   
cited as the ,kids ,information ,data   
,security ,act or the ,,kids ,act4  #b4 
,prohibiting providers participating in 
,medicare1 ,medicaid1 and ,,chip from   
requesting on intake forms information  

regarding the gender identity or sexual 
preference of minors  7a7 ,in general   
,section #aabh of the ,social ,security 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;a-#g7 is      
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7--  7,a7
 in the matter preceding paragraph 7#a71
 by inserting 7or1 in the case of       
individuals and entities described in   
paragraph 7#e71 from participation in   
the ,medicare program under title       
,,xviii or a ,state health care program7
 after 7as defined in section           
#aabh;,b7f772 and  7,b7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#d7 the following new  
paragraph3  7#e7 ,certain prohibited    
information requested from minors ,any  
individual or entity that1 on or after  
the date that is #ahj days after the    
date of enactment of this paragraph1    
requests through an intake form provided
 in connection with any item or service 
furnished to an individual under #ah    
years of age1 or through any other      
written or electronic documentation or  
data collection process initiated       

before1 during1 or after the intake     
process with respect to such individual1
 information that-- 7,a7 is related to  
the gender identity or sexual preference
 of such individual2 and  7,b7 is not   
essential to the diagnosis1 treatment1  
or prevention of a condition for which  
such individual is seeking care1 as     
determined by applicable clinical       
guidelines or medical necessity         
criteria4  4  7b7 ,reporting mechanism  
,not later than the date that is #ahj   
days after the date of the enactment of 
this section1 the ,secretary of ,health 
and ,human ,services shall establish a  
mechanism by which individuals may      
report to the ,secretary any instance of
 a request for information described in 
paragraph 7#e7 of section #aabh7;a7 of  
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;a-#g7;a771 as added by  
subsection 7a74