U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB9743: TRUTH in Coverage Act of 2026
Status: In committee, July 16, 2026
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage that provide benefits for sex-rejecting procedures to provide benefits for items and services to address the harms caused by sex-rejecting procedures and to restore healthy human form and functioning, to the greatest extent practicable.
What the bill says
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage that provide benefits for sex-rejecting procedures to provide benefits for items and services to address the harms caused by sex-rejecting procedures and to restore healthy human form and functioning, to the greatest extent practicable.
From the introduced text, July 16, 2026:
A BILL To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage that provide benefits for sex-rejecting procedures to provide benefits for items and services to address the harms caused by sex-rejecting procedures and to restore healthy human form and functioning, to the greatest extent practicable. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Treatment and Restoration Uniformity and Transparency in Health Coverage Act of 2026 or the TRUTH in Coverage Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Requiring group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage that provide benefits for sex-rejecting procedures to provide benefits for items and services to address the harms of such procedures (a) PHSA Part D of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg-111 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: SECTION 2799A-12. Required coverage of items and services to address the harms of sex-rejecting procedures (a) In general A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall, in the case such plan or coverage provides …