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Rights, restrictions & the places between.
OH HB838 (2026)
Prohibit certain coverage for gender reassignment surgery
Anti-LGBTQ+
Summary
To prohibit coverage for gender reassignment surgery under Medicaid and state and local authority employee health insurance plans.
- Jurisdiction
- Ohio
- Session
- 136th General Assembly
- Stage reported
- Introduced
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Referred to committee: Insurance
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Gender Affirming Care Ban: MedicaidGender Affirming Care Ban: Insurance Prohibition
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text at search-prod.lis.state.oh.us(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Introduced | |
| House | Referred to committee: Insurance |
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