Protect Access to Gender-Affirming Health Care

Under current law, health benefit insurance plans (health benefit plans) include coverage for "gender-affirming health care" as part of individual and group health benefit plans. "Gender-affirming health care" is defined in the bill as supplies, care, and services of a medical, behavioral health, mental health, psychiatric, habilitative, surgical, therapeutic, diagnostic, preventive, rehabilitative, or supportive nature relating to the treatment of gender dysphoria (gender-affirming health care). The bill codifies gender-affirming health care treatments in statute and prohibits a health benefit plan from denying or limiting medically necessary gender-affirming health care, as determined and prescribed by a physical or behavioral health-care provider (health-care provider).

In addition, the bill exempts prescriptions for testosterone from the tracking requirements of the prescription drug use monitoring program and blocks archived records from view.

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)