HB 25B-1015 Summary

• Prohibits the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing from reimbursing health-care providers, entities, or facilities that perform, assist in, or refer patients for abortion or gender-affirming health-care services.

• Prohibits state reimbursement for medical services provided to individuals who do not meet citizenship or lawful residency requirements.

• Repeals three state health programs that provided coverage to individuals ineligible due to immigration status: the reproductive health-care program, state medical assistance program coverage, and state children's basic health plan coverage for undocumented individuals.

• Removes references to abortion care from family planning service definitions and eliminates provisions requiring abortion care coverage in health plans for pregnant persons.

• Establishes that state medicaid funding cannot be used for abortion, gender-affirming services, or health coverage for undocumented individuals, citing estimated costs of over $150 million in these areas.