Ohio Republicans are trying to strip transgender adults of health insurance...

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Ohio Republicans are trying to strip transgender adults of health insurance coverage

https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/ohio-transgender-medicaid-restrictions 🔗

Ken Schneck (7 May 2026)

Ohio Rep. Josh Williams (R-Sylvania Twp.) has introduced his latest bill in his crusade against transgender Ohioans.

Williams introduced HB 838 last Thursday. The bill would prohibit Medicaid from covering most gender-affirming surgeries and procedures for transgender Ohioans and ban state and local municipalities from providing a contract to their employees that includes "coverage, benefits, or services for gender reassignment surgery."

The legislation also stipulates that if these benefits are offered, the cost would then be subtracted from the local authority's "local government fund payments," the revenue-sharing portion of the state's General Revenue Fund.

The bill has not yet been assigned to a committee.