{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-205.5365","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 205.5365","heading":"Prohibition on expenditure of Medicaid funds for cross -sex hormones for","body":"treatment of gender dysphoria or gender reassignment surgery.\nNotwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and unless required under federal\nlaw, the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with\nwhom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services are hereby\nprohibited from expending any Medicaid funds on any of the following:\n(1) Cross-sex hormones when prescribed or admi nistered primarily or solely for the\ntreatment of gender dysphoria; and\n(2) Gender reassignment surgery to alter or remove physical or anatomical\ncharacteristics or features that are typical for and characteristic of a person's\nbiological sex.","path":["KRS Chapter 205"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56368","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:03Z","sha256":"bc61bb91ddedbf3e220a9d182bd1d544d5e9c840011a796a211245383f042e03","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-205.5363","next":"us-ky/krs-205.5366"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}