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WV HB4857

HEALTHCAREFAILED

Banning Medicaid and CHIP from paying for child and adult transgender surgeries

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit Medicaid and CHIP payment for certain prohibited medical practices.

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A physician who accepts or whose practice accepts Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Program ("CHIP") as a form of payment may not provide irreversible gender reassignment surgery to a person who is under 18 years of age.

Legislative Session

inactive

2024 Regular Session

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History

DateAction
2024-01-17To House Health and Human Resources
2024-01-17Introduced in House
2024-01-17To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2024-01-17Filed for introduction