HHS unleashes sweeping crackdown on child ‘sex-rejecting procedures,’ threatens hospital, Medicaid funding (e
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a sweeping package of proposed regulatory actions Thursday to end "sex-rejecting procedures" on the youth as part of President Donald...
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a sweeping package of proposed regulatory actions Thursday to end "sex-rejecting procedures" on the youth as part of President Donald Trump 's January executive order calling on the department to protect children from "chemical and surgical mutilation." HHS is rolling out a series of policy updates and regulatory actions that effectively would defund hospitals that provide gender transition procedures, according to an HHS official. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rolled out policy proposals that would bar hospitals from carrying out performing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and certain surgeries on patients under 18 as a "condition of participation in Medicare and Medicaid programs." The majority of U.S. hospitals participate in Medicare and Medicaid, according to HHS. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released another proposed rule that would block federal Medicaid funding for procedures aimed at altering the sex of a child under the ag of 18, which HHS said also will apply to federal funding to the Children’s Health Insurance Program for the same procedures on individuals under the age of 19. MAJOR CALIFORNIA HEALTH SYSTEM ENDING TRANSGENDER PROCEDURES FOR MINORS ACROSS ITS NETWORK Collectively, according to the HHS official, the actions would ensure no federal funds directly support gender transition procedures on children. The announcement comes after HHS released peer-reviewed report in November that found medical procedures to alter a child's biological sex pose serious long-term dangers to children. The report was released through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and found that operations working to reject a child's biological sex — including the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgical operations — "are significant, long term, and too often ignored or inadequately tracked." The November report was an update to HHS' May report th…