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KY HB553
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/3/2026
Primary Sponsor
Josh Calloway
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AI Summary
- Prohibits health care providers from rendering gender transition services while employed by state or local government, and bars them from seeking payment from government sources or Medicare for such services
- Bans state/local government funds from being used to provide or subsidize gender transition services, including use of government property, facilities, or federal funds administered by the state
- Prohibits Medicaid, KCHIP (Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program), and all state-sponsored health plans for public employees from covering or reimbursing gender transition services
- Defines "gender transition services" broadly to include hormone prescriptions (testosterone, estrogen, progesterone), sterilizing surgeries, genital reconstruction surgeries, removal of healthy body parts, and counseling/therapy performed for purposes of altering appearance inconsistent with biological sex
- Exempts from the definition treatments for individuals born with medically verifiable disorders of sex development or those needing treatment for complications from prior gender transition procedures
Legislative Description
AN ACT relating to gender transition services.
Children and Minors
Last Action
reassigned to State Government (H)
2/20/2026
Committee Referrals
State Government2/20/2026
Banking and Insurance2/10/2026
Committee On Committees2/3/2026
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