An Idaho law enacted Wednesday (H. 668) protects taxpayers from paying for “gender transition” procedures in a variety of ways. The legislation “adds to existing law,” namely the Vulnerable Child Protection (VCAP) Act passed in 2023, which prevented physicians from harming minors with gender-transition surgeries or hormones.
The Legislature declared in H. 668 that “public funds shall not be used, granted, paid, or distributed to any entity, organization, or individual for the provision or subsidy of any surgical operation or medical intervention” described in VCAP Act, “whether the surgical operation or medical intervention is administered to a minor or an adult.”
The law specifically prohibits gender-transition procedures from qualifying as tax-deductible medical expenses for the state’s Medicaid program. Additionally, the law requires that “no…
