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Health Insurance Guidance

Connecticut


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Connecticut has explicit insurance guidance on transgender-related health care.

Bulletins and Announcements:

  • Bulletin: Bulletin IC-34, Gender Identity Nondiscrimination Requirements (2013)
    Issued by: Connecticut Insurance Department
    Issued on: Dec. 19, 2013
    Summary:

    The bulletin notes that “a blanket policy exclusion for gender transition and related services is prohibited.”

  • Announcement: Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Calls on Secretary Azar to Stop Discriminatory Changes to the Affordable Care Act
    Issued by: Commissioner Mais
    Issued on: Aug. 5, 2019
  • Announcement: Insurance Commissioner: Connecticut LGBTQ health care consumers remain protected from discrimination
    Issued by: Commissioner Mais
    Issued on: June 18, 2020

Enforcement Actions:

  • Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities ruling
    Summary:

    The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities issued a ruling prohibiting all employers and insurers from denying coverage for any treatments related to gender transition. It also specifically found exclusions for facial gender reassignment surgery to be unlawful.

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