Bill · H.R. 653· House(119-HR-653)
Protect Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 1/23/2025
- Last activity
- 1/23/2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Workforce, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Sponsored by
- Brian Babin
- Cosponsors
- - 2 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The "Protect Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025" creates a private right of action against medical practitioners who perform gender-transition procedures on individuals under 18. It establishes that practitioners can be held liable for physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms resulting from such procedures or their after effects. Individuals may bring civil actions for damages, including punitive damages and attorney's fees, up to 30 years after they turn 18. The bill also ensures no federal law requires a practitioner to perform these procedures and prohibits federal funding to states that require them. Certain medical exceptions are carved out for specific biological conditions or imminent dangers.
Yes
Does this protect the right to fair treatment by the courts?+5
The bill establishes a private right of action allowing individuals to seek damages for medical harms.
Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?+4
The bill provides a long-term window for adults to sue for harms received as minors.
The opposite· 3 of 7
Would LGBTQ people be better off under this?-9
The bill imposes significant legal risks and financial penalties targeting gender-affirming healthcare.
Does this expand the rights of LGBTQ people?-8
The bill targets gender-transition procedures and creates significant legal liabilities for practitioners providing such care.
Does this make health care easier to get in general?-6
The threat of litigation and loss of federal funding may discourage providers from offering gender-surgically related care.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Legal recourse for injured individuals: Under Section 2(a) and (b), individuals who undergo a gender-transition procedure as a minor and suffer physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harm may bring a civil action against the medical practitioner. This allows them to seek compensatory damages, punitive damages, and attorney's fees.
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Protection of medical practitioners' autonomy: Section 3 ensures that no provision of Federal law can be used to require a medical practitioner to perform a gender-transition procedure, preserving their freedom of conscience and medical judgment.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Financial burden on States: Under Section 4, any State that requires medical practitioners to perform gender-transition procedures on an individual would become ineligible to receive Federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Liability for medical practitioners: Section 2(a) makes medical practitioners liable to an individual if they are injured by a gender-transition procedure performed on a minor, which includes harms related to the treatment or its after effects.
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Extended window for legal action: According to Section 2(b), an individual has a significant amount of time to bring a civil action, as they may do so up to 30 years after the date on which they turn 18 years of age.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Healthcare
- Improves Healthcare Access-6Increases Medicaid Funding-5
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Young Adults+4Good For L G B T Q Community-9Good For Children-5
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves L G B T Q Rights-8
- Economy And Finance
- Reduces Government Spending-5
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Due Process+5Increase States Rights-4
- 8/12/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 1/23/2025
- Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Workforce, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in House
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Richard McCormickRepublican · Georgia
W. SteubeRepublican · Florida