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Two bills: expanded coverage for fertility and gender-affirming care (H55) and a state medication stockpile (H56) presented
Summary
Representative Troy Hedrick presented H55 to expand insurance coverage for fertility services and gender-affirming care (with Medicaid inclusion contingent on federal approval) and H56 to establish a Department of Health stockpile of reproductive and gender-affirming medications for emergencies and supply interruptions.
Representative Troy Hedrick presented two separate bills to the House Health Care Committee. H55 would expand private insurance and Medicaid coverage (Medicaid contingent on federal approval) for gender-affirming health care and fertility-related services and would prohibit certain insurance-imposed barriers, such as requirements for prolonged hormone therapy prior to surgery. The bill would exclude nonmedical costs (egg/sperm donors, surrogacy) and would require the Department of Financial…
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