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KRS 205.5365

Prohibition on expenditure of Medicaid funds for cross-sex hormones for treatment of gender dysphoria or gender reassignment surgery

Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Created 2025 Ky

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and unless required under federal law, the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with whom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services are hereby prohibited from expending any Medicaid funds on any of the following:

(1) Cross-sex hormones when prescribed or administered primarily or solely for the treatment of gender dysphoria; and (2) Gender reassignment surgery to alter or remove physical or anatomical characteristics or features that are typical for and characteristic of a person's biological sex.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.