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Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-209| Senate 
| Updated: 1/23/2025
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (3)
Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Jim Banks (Republican)Tim Sheehy (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill, titled the "Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025," creates a private right of action for individuals who underwent gender-transition procedures before turning 18 years of age. Medical practitioners who perform such procedures on minors could be held liable for any resulting physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms. Individuals have a window of up to 30 years after reaching 18 to file a civil action against the practitioner. The civil action can seek various forms of relief, including declaratory or injunctive relief, compensatory damages , punitive damages , and attorney's fees and costs. This right of action applies when there is a connection to interstate or foreign commerce, such as travel, communication, payment, or the use of instruments. The bill also explicitly protects the freedom of conscience for medical practitioners, stating that no federal law shall require them to perform gender-transition procedures. Furthermore, any state that mandates medical practitioners to perform gender-transition procedures on minors will be deemed ineligible to receive federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill defines "gender-transition procedure" to include puberty-blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones, or surgeries intended to align an individual's body with their subjective identity when it differs from their biological sex. Exceptions are made for interventions related to ambiguous biological sex characteristics, specific medical conditions, treatment of complications, or procedures necessary to prevent imminent danger of death or severe bodily impairment.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4457
Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-635
Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2023
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jan 23, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4457
    Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-635
    Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2023


  • January 23, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 23, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 119-653: Protect Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025
Child healthCivil actions and liabilityHealth care qualityHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationState and local government operations

Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-209| Senate 
| Updated: 1/23/2025
This bill, titled the "Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025," creates a private right of action for individuals who underwent gender-transition procedures before turning 18 years of age. Medical practitioners who perform such procedures on minors could be held liable for any resulting physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms. Individuals have a window of up to 30 years after reaching 18 to file a civil action against the practitioner. The civil action can seek various forms of relief, including declaratory or injunctive relief, compensatory damages , punitive damages , and attorney's fees and costs. This right of action applies when there is a connection to interstate or foreign commerce, such as travel, communication, payment, or the use of instruments. The bill also explicitly protects the freedom of conscience for medical practitioners, stating that no federal law shall require them to perform gender-transition procedures. Furthermore, any state that mandates medical practitioners to perform gender-transition procedures on minors will be deemed ineligible to receive federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill defines "gender-transition procedure" to include puberty-blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones, or surgeries intended to align an individual's body with their subjective identity when it differs from their biological sex. Exceptions are made for interventions related to ambiguous biological sex characteristics, specific medical conditions, treatment of complications, or procedures necessary to prevent imminent danger of death or severe bodily impairment.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4457
Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-635
Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2023
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jan 23, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4457
    Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-635
    Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2023


  • January 23, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 23, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (3)
Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Jim Banks (Republican)Tim Sheehy (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 119-653: Protect Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Child healthCivil actions and liabilityHealth care qualityHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationState and local government operations