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This bill, known as the "End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2025", aims to prohibit federal funding for gender transition procedures and related healthcare coverage. The legislation comprehensively defines gender transition procedures as a wide range of medical interventions, including hormonal treatments, surgical procedures, and cosmetic modifications, and explicitly bans any federal funds from being used to support these treatments. The bill applies to federal facilities, federal employee healthcare services, and health benefit plans, effectively preventing taxpayer money from being used for such procedures. However, the bill does allow for separate, privately funded coverage of gender transition procedures, as long as no federal or matching funds are used. The legislation also amends the Affordable Care Act to disallow premium credits and cost-sharing reductions for health plans that include gender transition procedures, and requires multi-state health plans to exclude such coverage. The bill provides specific definitions for terms like "sex", "male", and "female" based on biological reproductive characteristics, and includes some exceptions for medically necessary treatments related to disorders of sexual development or immediate life-threatening conditions. The provisions would take effect one year after the date of enactment, applying to plan years beginning after that date.

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