HB 5 Summary

• Prohibits the Department of Corrections from paying for gender reassignment medical procedures for incarcerated individuals.

• Prohibits the Department of Administration from providing insurance coverage for gender reassignment medical procedures in state employee health benefits.

• Prohibits the Department of Health and Social Services from paying for gender reassignment medical procedures under public assistance programs.

• Defines "gender reassignment medical procedure" as surgery or pharmaceutical drug therapy performed by a physician to physiologically change a person's sex.

• Applies the prohibition across multiple state programs including workers' compensation and other medical assistance programs.