2900-AP69 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2900 Department of Veterans Affairs VA Removing Gender Alterations Restriction From the Medical Benefits Package

VA currently provides many services for transgender Veterans to include hormone therapy, mental health care, preoperative evaluation, and long-term care following sex reassignment surgery. Increased understanding of both gender dysphoria and surgical techniques in this area has improved significantly and is now widely accepted as medically necessary treatment. VA has been and will continue to explore a regulatory change that would allow VA to perform gender alteration surgery and a change in the medical benefits package, when appropriated funding is available. Therefore, this regulation will be withdrawn from the Fall 2016 Unified Agenda.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions Yes No 38 CFR 17.38 38 U.S.C. 501 No Withdrawn 08/17/2016 No No None No No www.regulations.gov No No Jillian Shipherd Director of the LGBT Program for Patient Care Services 2900 Department of Veterans Affairs VA 857 364-5821 jillian.shipherd@va.gov 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington DC 20420