New York A06596 mandates Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care and prohibits discrimination by health care entities and insurers.

New York A06596 amends the insurance law to require coverage for medically necessary services or treatments for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence. It prohibits insurers from denying, limiting, or excluding coverage based on gender dysphoria or gender incongruence, except in high deductible health plans. The bill also mandates that coverage for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence cannot be subject to annual deductibles or coinsurance unless the policy is a high deductible health plan.

New York A06596 mandates Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care and prohibits discrimination by health care entities and insurers.

New York A06596 amends the insurance law to require coverage for medically necessary services or treatments for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence. It prohibits insurers from denying, limiting, or excluding coverage based on gender dysphoria or gender incongruence, except in high deductible health plans. The bill also mandates that coverage for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence cannot be subject to annual deductibles or coinsurance unless the policy is a high deductible health plan.