SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 2 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:
OAKLAND- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 21 attorneys general and one governor in filing a lawsuit (https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/01-complaint.pdf) challenging a rule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that would prohibit federal reimbursement for gender-affirming care for adolescents in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In the lawsuit, Attorney General Bonta argues that the rule oversteps HHS's legal authority, lacks or misuses evidence to justify its added restrictions, and violates the law and long lasting precedent by blocking reim...