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H.R. 7651119th Congress
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The Chloe Cole Act of 2026 would let minors and parents sue providers of youth gender-transition treatments, applying retroactively.
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The bill would allow minors and their parents or guardians to sue doctors, hospitals, or clinics that provided puberty blockers, hormone therapy, or transition-related surgeries to them as children. It excludes treatments for verifiable intersex conditions, fixes for prior transition-related complications, and unrelated emergency or birth-defect care. Providers could be held strictly liable without proof of negligence, face punitive damages for intentional or reckless conduct, and lose the defense of citing medical guidelines shown to be scientifically disputed at the time.
Transgender minors who received or are receiving gender-related medical treatment, their families, and the doctors, hospitals, and clinics providing such care.
The law applies retroactively and allows lawsuits up to 25 years after a person turns 18, or 4 years after paying for detransition treatment, whichever is later, creating new legal exposure for medical providers.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 8.