Protect Gender-Affirming Healthcare Coverage in New York

✦ Plain-Language Summary

This bill requires New York's Medicaid program to cover gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse New Yorkers, even if federal funding for such care is cut or restricted. It also prohibits health insurance companies and healthcare providers from discriminating against people seeking treatment for gender dysphoria. This means New Yorkers would continue to have access to medically necessary gender-affirming care regardless of changes at the federal level.