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Tennessee House Health Committee advances bill on insurer coverage, data reporting for detransition care
Summary
The House Health Committee voted 18-5 to send HB 754 to Finance, Ways and Means after testimony and debate over insurance mandates, patient privacy and whether the bill targets clinics that receive state funds.
The Tennessee House Health Committee voted 18-5 on HB 754 on a party-line forwarding vote that sends the measure to the Finance, Ways and Means Committee.
HB 754 would require health insurers that cover gender-transition procedures to also cover treatments and procedures for people who later seek to reverse aspects of a transition (commonly described as “detransitioning”), and it would require certain data collection and reporting on gender-related care by entities defined in the bill as “gender clinics.” The sponsor said the measure is intended to ensure parity in coverage and to create a record of outcomes; opponents warned it would jeopardize patient privacy and could promote harmful practices.
The bill drew two invited witnesses. Adam Shoop of Davidson County…
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