II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2246 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 11, 2023 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Padilla , Mr. Welch , Ms. Warren , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Hirono , Mrs. Feinstein , and Mr. Blumenthal ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To authorize the appropriation of funds to the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on barriers to gender-affirming care.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gender-Affirming Care Access Research for Equity Act or the Gender-Affirming CARE Act . 2. Funding for research by NIH and CDC on barriers to gender-affirming care There is authorized to be appropriated to each of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029 for the purpose of conducting or supporting research on barriers to gender-affirming care, and the impact of those barriers on health outcomes, under the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 201 et seq. ). The amounts authorized to be appropriated by the preceding sentence are in addition to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for such purpose.