Industry Resources | August 17, 2018
Preliminary Injunction: Flack v. Wisconsin Department Of Health Services
On July 25, 2018, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) from enforcing a ban on gender confirming treatments for transgender Medicaid beneficiaries. The state had implemented the ban in 1997. It expressly prohibits Wisconsin Medicaid coverage for surgery or drugs including hormone therapy, associated with transsexual surgery or medically unnecessary alteration of sexual anatomy or characteristics . . .