; or (iii) any procedure undertaken because the individual suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the individual in imminent danger of death or impairment of major bodily function unless the procedure is performed. (2) Hospital The term hospital has the meaning given such term in section 1861(e) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(e) ). (3) Institution of higher education The term institution of higher education has the meaning given such term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 ). (4) Medical practitioner The term medical practitioner means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of a State to administer health care in the ordinary course of the practice of the person’s profession. (5) Minor The term minor means an individual who has not yet reached 18 years of age. (6) Pediatric gender clinic The term pediatric gender clinic means a medical facility that specializes in the diagnosis or treatment of gender discordance and gender dysphoria in minors, including medical interventions such as therapeutic diagnosis of gender dysphoria and performance of (or referral for) gender-transition procedures on minors. (b) Liability The following individuals and entities shall be liable in accordance with this section to any individual who suffers bodily injury or harm to mental health (including any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harm) that is attributable, in whole or in part, to a gender-transition procedure performed on the individual when the individual was a minor: (1) A pediatric gender clinic where the gender-transition procedure was provided. (2) Any medical practitioner who administered health care, at the time of the particular procedure, at the pediatric gender clinic where the gender-transition procedure was provided. (3) An institution of higher education that hosts, operates, partners with, provides funding to, or is otherwise affiliated