HHS Submits Medicaid Rule Change for Gender-Transition Interventions for Minors Following NR Report

In case you missed it, National Review exclusively reported last Thursday that the Department of Health and Human Services and other relevant departments would soon begin the rule-making process to prohibit the federal government from directly funding sex-trait modifications for minors through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Following our news report, HHS and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services filed a proposed rule titled “Medicaid Program; Prohibition on Federal Medicaid Funding for Sex Trait Modification Procedures Furnished to Children and Youth (CMS-2451),” according to the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The text of the proposed rule is not yet publicly available while it’s under regulatory review.