The Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act is a bill in the

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that if passed would prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, commercial

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and

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, and for other purposes.

Introduced bills

114th Congress

On May 19, 2015, Rep.

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(D-CA), who had authored the first such ban in California while State Senator in 2012, introduced the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act (H.R. 2450) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill had 96 cosponsors. On April 28, 2016, Sen.

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(D-WA) introduced a companion bill (S. 2880) in the U.S. Senate, where it had 21 cosponsors.

115th Congress

On April 25, 2017, Rep.

reintroduced the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act (H.R. 2119) in the House of Representatives, and Sen.

reintroduced it (S. 928) in the Senate. The House bill had 110 cosponsors and the Senate counterpart had 25 cosponsors.

116th Congress

On March 28, 2019, Rep.

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(D-NY) introduced the Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy Act (H.R. 1981) in the House of Representatives with 83 cosponsors. On June 27, 2019, Rep.

reintroduced the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act (H.R. 3570) in the House of Representatives, and Sen.

reintroduced it (S. 2008) in the Senate. The House bill had 219 cosponsors and the Senate counterpart had 43 cosponsors.

117th Congress

On June 24, 2021, Rep.

reintroduced the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act (H.R. 4146) in the House of Representatives, and Sen.

reintroduced it (S. 2242) in the Senate. The House bill has 89 cosponsors and the Senate counterpart has 33 cosponsors.

Support

The

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has endorsed the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act.

References

External links

H.R. 2450: Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act on GovTrack
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