With each passing day, legislators have been able to find a number of hidden policies tucked away in the health care bill as they are given more time to read through the hundreds of pages of bureaucratic language

An example of one such radical policy cleverly buried in the Senate version of the bill is the requirement for the Secretary to “develop standards for the measurement of gender.”

This section of the bill is responsible for detailing the necessary data that is to be collected and analyzed; however, the usual distinction of sex as “male” or “female” is notably absent.

In place of the male/female distinction, the Secretary is charged with developing a new standard to measure gender.

The term “gender” has been generally used by the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community to identify varying sexual orientations and is defined in a large part by behavior and psychological traits of each person.

This new distinction attempts to change the focus of a person’s identity away from the male/female distinction, and opt for a newer and yet-to-be-determined standard for gender that may change according to each person’s behavior and psychology.

 Here is the section in question (emphasis added):

“SEC. 3301. DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND QUALITY.

(a) DATA COLLECTION.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure that, by not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this title, any ongoing or federally conducted or supported health care or public health program, activity or survey collects and reports—

(B) data on gender, geographic location, socioeconomic status (including education, employment or income), primary language, and, disability status data for applicants, recipients, or beneficiaries;

(2) COLLECTION STANDARDS.—In collecting data described in paragraph (1), the Secretary or designee shall—

(B) develop standards for the measurement of gender, geographic location, socioeconomic status, primary language and disability measures;”