26RS HB 553

House Bill 553

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Last Action	02/03/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to gender transition services.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Local Mandate State Employee Health Plan Impact
Bill Request Number	1920
Sponsors	J. Calloway, F. Rabourn, C. Massaroni, T. Roberts
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; prohibit health care providers from accepting payment or reimbursement for gender transition services from a state or local government or Medicare; prohibit use of state or local government funds for the provision or subsidy of gender transition services; require licensing or certifying agencies to revoke a health care provider's license for a violation; direct that intentional violation by a public servant shall be a violation of KRS 522.030; amend KRS 15.241 to authorize the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief and penalties for a violation of gender transition services prohibitions; amend KRS 156.496 to prohibit family resource or youth services centers from providing or making referrals for gender transition services; amend KRS 39A.180 to prohibit suspension of gender transition services laws during an emergency; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304, and KRS 205.6481 to 205.6495, and amend KRS 205.5365, 18A.225, 164.2871, and 304.17C-125, to prohibit publicly funded health plans, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP), publicly funded limited health service benefit plans, the state employee health plan, and state postsecondary education institution self-insured health plans from providing payment or coverage for gender transition services; amend KRS 605.110 to direct that gender transition services are not authorized for a child committed to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice; state findings of the General Assembly relating to the purpose of the Act; apply certain provisions to health plans issued or renewed on or after the effective date of Act.
Index Headings of Original Version	Appropriations - State or local government funds, use for gender transition services, prohibition Attorney General - Gender transition services, prohibition, enforcement Children And Minors - Gender transition services, KCHIP payment or coverage, prohibition Drugs And Medicines - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Education, Elementary And Secondary - Family resource or youth services center, gender transition services, prohibition Education, Higher - State postsecondary education institution health plan; gender transition services, prohibition Federal Laws And Regulations - Medicare, gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Funds - State or local government, use for gender transition services, prohibition Health And Medical Services - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Insurance, Health - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Licensing - Gender transition services, prohibited payment, health care license revocation Local Government - State or local government funds, use for gender transition services, prohibition Medicaid - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Mental Health - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition State Agencies - Department of Juvenile Justice, gender transition services, prohibition Men - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Parental Rights - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition Women - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition State Employee Health Plan Mandate - Gender transition services, payment or coverage, prohibition