While states across the country are considering ways to limit gender-affirming care or prevent insurance coverage from paying for it, a bill in the Oregon Legislature would require Medicaid and private insurers to expand coverage of gender-affirming care to include laser hair removal and facial feminization surgery. The measure, House Bill 2002, also aims to protect access to abortions and protect providers from legal repercussions from providing reproductive care.
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Three Republicans – Sens. Greg Frazer of Deer Lodge, Mike Hopkins of Missoula, and Tom Welch of Dillon – joined 32 Democrats in voting against the bill, which passed a crucial second reading 65-35.