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Committee advances bill to require parity for detransition care in private plans
Summary
After extensive testimony for and against, the Senate committee voted 4–3 to advance HB 258, which would require private insurers that cover gender‑affirming care to also cover detransition care for patients who later seek reversal treatments.
A Senate Business and Labor Committee on Feb. 12 voted 4–3 to favorably recommend First Substitute House Bill 258, a measure that would require private health plans that cover gender transition treatments to also cover medical care needed for detransition.
Representative Nicholeen Peck, the sponsor, told the committee the bill is narrowly focused: if a private insurer covers gender‑affirming procedures or treatment for a patient, the insurer would also be required to provide coverage for medical services related to reversing those procedures when a patient later seeks detransition care. The sponsor argued the change is one of parity so patients who later decide to reverse care are not left without codes or coverage to obtain needed treatment.
Dr. Kurt Miceli, chief medical officer…
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