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| Region | Maryland |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Jan 8, 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Minors over the age of 16 (with certain younger exceptions) and Adults can receive gender-affirming care in Maryland. In 2024, Department of Health of Maryland required Medicaid to give access to gender-affirming care to those who are on Medicaid. This includes hormones, gender-affirming surgeries, voice surgery and therapy, facial surgery, preventative care after transition, and reversal of gender-affirming surgeries for detransitioners. |
| Sources | https://health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pages/Maryland-Department-of-Health-announces-expansion-of-gender-affirming-care-Medicaid-benefits.aspx#:~:text=The%20Trans%20Health%20Equity%20Act,are%20transgender%20and%20gender%20diverse. https://www.umms.org/ummc/health-services/transgender-health-care https://health.maryland.gov/psych/pdfs/Treatment.pdf |
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- Other "This description doesn't make it clear whether minors under the age of 16 can receive things puberty blockers or HRT.
https://www.equaldex.com/region/maryland-united-states"
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edited by cosmeticplague. Adding information and rewording it to be concise
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| Start Date | 2024 | Jan 8, 2024 |
| Description | Minors over the age 16 and Adults are able to receive gender affirming care in Maryland. In 2024, Department of Health of Maryland required Medicaid to give access to gender affirming care to those who are on Medicaid. | Minors over the age of 16 (with certain younger exceptions) and Adults can receive gender-affirming care in Maryland. In 2024, Department of Health of Maryland required Medicaid to give access to gender-affirming care to those who are on Medicaid. This includes hormones, gender-affirming surgeries, voice surgery and therapy, facial surgery, preventative care after transition, and reversal of gender-affirming surgeries for detransitioners. |
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| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Minors over the age 16 and Adults are able to receive gender affirming care in Maryland. In 2024, Department of Health of Maryland required Medicaid to give access to gender affirming care to those who are on Medicaid. |
| Sources | https://health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pages/Maryland-Department-of-Health-announces-expansion-of-gender-affirming-care-Medicaid-benefits.aspx#:~:text=The%20Trans%20Health%20Equity%20Act,are%20transgender%20and%20gender%20diverse. https://www.umms.org/ummc/health-services/transgender-health-care https://health.maryland.gov/psych/pdfs/Treatment.pdf |