Rule
Medicaid Program; Prohibition on Federal Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Funding for Sex-Rejecting Procedures Furnished to Children
Health and Human Services Department / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Federal Register summary (shortened to 600 characters)
This final rule requires that a State Medicaid plan must provide that the Medicaid agency will not make payment under the plan for sex-rejecting procedures for children under 18, and prohibits the use of Federal Medicaid dollars to fund sex-rejecting procedures for individuals under the age of 18. In addition, this final rule requires that a separate State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) plan must provide that the CHIP agency will not make payment under the plan for sex-rejecting procedures for children under 19, and prohibits the use of Federal CHIP dollars to fund sex-rejecting…
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- Document number
- 2026-16508
- Published
- Thu, Aug 13, 2026
- Effective
- Tue, Oct 13, 2026
- First on the line
- Oct 10, 2026, 10:00 PM