HB 0754/SB 0676 is a first-of-its-kind bill that requires gender-affirming care providers to report data about patients to the Tennessee Department of Health, which would then be made public. The bill also requires all gender-affirming care providers and insurance companies that cover gender-affirming care also cover “detransition” care, and disallows counties and municipalities from protecting youth from conversion therapy. The bill has passed the House and Senate and is headed to Governor Bill Lee for his signature.

HB 0754/SB 0676 is designed to restrict and surveil gender-affirming care for adults in Tennessee. It would require that all gender-affirming care providers and insurance companies that cover gender-affirming care also cover so-called “detransition” care. It would also require gender-affirming care providers to report data about providers and patients to the Tennessee Department of Health, which would then be made public. The bill has not yet passed the House or Senate.