Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds the following: Transgender veterans have served our country with honor and deserve to receive the health benefits such veterans are entitled to free from discrimination, including free from intentional and repeated misgendering. Treatments for gender dysphoria are medically necessary and supported by every major U.S. medical association. Prohibitions on sex discrimination, including in Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 10822(b) ), prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
Despite these protections, the Department of Veterans Affairs has taken steps to discriminate against transgender veterans in the provision of health care, including by the rescission of the transmittal sheet of the Veterans Health Administration published on May 23, 2018, titled Providing Health Care for Transgender and Intersex Veterans (VHA Directive 1341(4)) and phasing out treatments for gender dysphoria. Explicit nondiscrimination protections for transgender veterans in healthcare services will ensure the Department fulfills its legal obligation to provide health care services, including treatments for gender dysphoria, free from discrimination.
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