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Gender-affirming care in Connecticut

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Care for adults
Allowed
Care for people under 18
Allowed
HUSKY Health pays for hormones
Covered
HUSKY Health pays for surgery
Covered
Private plans must cover care
Yes, by law

Gender-affirming care is legal and protected for adults and minors in Connecticut, and a 2022 shield law protects patients and providers from other states' bans. HUSKY Health (Medicaid) covers hormones and surgery for adults, and state insurance rules bar exclusions. Care for people under 18 is harder to find since the two largest pediatric programs stopped prescribing in 2025, and a federal rule bars HUSKY from paying for youth care starting October 13, 2026.

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On this page
  1. Health centers near you
  2. Hormones by telehealth
  3. Clinics, programs, and funds
  4. Paying for care
  5. Rules for adults
  6. Rules for under 18
  7. Laws and court cases
  8. Sources

Community health centers near you

These federally funded centers must see you whether or not you have insurance, and charge based on income. Many, but not all, prescribe hormone therapy. Call and ask for "gender-affirming care" or "hormone therapy."

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Hormones by telehealth

These services prescribe hormones through video visits for people in this state. Point of Pride pays for a year and a half of care with several of them each spring.

  • Plume

    PaidNo Medicaid18+

    Trans-led telehealth service providing informed-consent hormone therapy, lab orders, prescriptions, and letters for surgery and documents, by app and video visit. Self-pay only since January 2026. A Point of Pride HRT Access Fund partner.

    About $99 per month ($90 in NY and NJ), which includes visits, messaging, prescriptions, and document letters. Labs and medications are billed separately and are often cheap with GoodRx or at a community pharmacy. Free for 18 months if you win a Point of Pride HRT Access Fund grant.

  • FOLX Health

    InsuranceTakes insuranceNo Medicaid18+

    LGBTQ-focused telehealth offering hormone therapy, PrEP, primary care, and mental health visits. Accepts major commercial insurance (Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare) but not Medicaid or Medicare. A Point of Pride HRT Access Fund partner.

    In-network with many commercial plans; self-pay membership about $69 to $98 per month all-inclusive.

  • Planned Parenthood

    Sliding scaleTakes insurance

    Many Planned Parenthood affiliates provide informed-consent gender-affirming hormone therapy alongside sexual and reproductive health care, on a sliding scale and with Medicaid. Most affiliates see adults 18 and older; a few see 16- and 17-year-olds with parental consent and a readiness letter. Many start hormone care by telehealth. Self-pay initial consults typically run about $120 to $250 before sliding-scale discounts.

Clinics, programs, and funds

  • Anchor Health[13][14]

    LGBTQ health center with gender-affirming hormone care ("no gatekeeping", including nonbinary and microdosing regimens), PrEP, HIV care, and surgical navigation. Hamden (2200 Whitney Ave) and Stamford (30 Myano Ln, with pharmacy), plus video visits. 203-903-8308.

    • Insurance
    • Telehealth
    • Accepts Medicaid
    203-903-83082200 Whitney Ave, Ste 290, Hamden, CT 06518

  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England[11][12]

    Informed-consent hormone therapy for adults 18 and older at Connecticut health centers or by telehealth, with lab monitoring, support letters for birth certificate changes and surgery, and a patient navigator. Sliding fee scale; insurance enrollment help. 1-800-230-7526.

    • Sliding scale
    • Telehealth
    • Accepts Medicaid
    • Sees uninsured patients
    800-230-7526Languages: English, Español

  • Hartford HealthCare Center for Gender Health[15]

    Adult program in Hartford (near Hartford Hospital and the Institute of Living) and Avon with endocrinology, gynecology, plastic surgery, primary care, and behavioral health; gender-affirming gynecology clinic in West Hartford.

    • Insurance

  • Yale Medicine Gender Program (children, adolescents, young adults)[16][17]

    Multidisciplinary evaluation and mental health support for young people exploring gender and their families, 1 Long Wharf Drive, New Haven; 203-785-4081. Stopped prescribing blockers and hormones to patients under 19 in July 2025.

    • Insurance
    203-785-40811 Long Wharf Drive, Fl 2, New Haven, CT 06511

  • Triangle Community Center[19][20]

    LGBTQIA+ community center in Norwalk with care coordination, brief counseling, groups, and programs. Care coordination and counseling currently have a waiting list.

    • Free
    650 West Ave, Ste 2, Norwalk, CT 06850

  • Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate[10]

    State agency that helps consumers with health insurance denials and appeals for free, including gender-affirming care.

    • Free

  • HRSA Find a Health Center[21]

    Federal locator for community health centers that charge on a sliding scale regardless of insurance.

    • Sliding scale
    • Accepts Medicaid
    • Sees uninsured patients

  • Point of Pride funds[22]

    National funds including the HRT Access Fund (free telehealth hormone therapy; applications each May) and an annual surgery fund.

    • Free

  • Genderbands grants[23]

    Small grants for surgery and other transition costs, including hormones and name change costs; 18 and older.

    • Free

  • Trans Health Project (Advocates for Trans Equality)[24]

    Free templates and guides for appealing insurance denials of gender-affirming care, including employer self-funded plans.

    • Free

Paying for care

Medicaid (HUSKY Health)[5][4][7][6]

HUSKY Health covers gender-affirming care for adults. Its Gender Affirmation Surgery policy (updated August 2025) covers chest, genital, pelvic, facial, thyroid cartilage, and voice surgery and hair removal when criteria are met, with one referral letter from a treating provider (a mental health professional, primary care provider, or endocrinologist), prior authorization, and hormone therapy unless not wanted or not advised. Hormones and labs are covered through the regular medical and pharmacy benefits. State law (P.A. 23-204 § 309) requires DSS to consult with gender-affirming care experts when updating HUSKY coverage.

Youth (under 18 on HUSKY A, under 19 on HUSKY B): from October 13, 2026, a federal rule bars HUSKY from paying for gender-affirming medications and surgery; current hormone users get up to six months of continued coverage.

Apply through Access Health CT (accesshealthct.com) or DSS. If you earn too much for HUSKY, the Covered Connecticut Program may offer free coverage.

Apply for coverage

Private insurance[8][9][10]

The Connecticut Insurance Department's bulletin on gender identity nondiscrimination (IC-37, renumbered IC-34) says state-regulated health plans may not treat medically necessary care for gender dysphoria differently from other care, and that refusing to pay for it is an unfair claim settlement practice. If your plan denies care, appeal with the plan first, then file a complaint with the Insurance Department. The Office of the Healthcare Advocate helps with appeals for free. Self-funded employer plans are federally regulated and may not be covered; the Trans Health Project has appeal templates.

File an insurance complaint

The rules in detail

Rules for adultsNo state restrictions. Planned Parenthood of Southern New England and Anchor Health prescribe hormones on an informed consent basis, with no…

No state restrictions. Planned Parenthood of Southern New England and Anchor Health prescribe hormones on an informed consent basis, with no therapist letter required, in person or by telehealth. Connecticut also bars health care providers from discriminating based on gender identity or expression (Public Act 25-154, 2025).

If you have no insurance and little money, in rough order of what to try:

  1. Apply for HUSKY Health (free for low-income adults; see below). It covers hormones, labs, and surgery.
  2. Planned Parenthood of Southern New England has a sliding fee scale and an insurance enrollment navigator; hormone care starts in person or by telehealth (18 and older).
  3. A community health center charges on a sliding scale; find one at findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov.
  4. Point of Pride's HRT Access Fund pays for telehealth hormone care (applications each May).
[11][13][3][21][22]
Rules for under 18Legal in Connecticut, but access is limited.

Legal in Connecticut, but access is limited. No state law restricts care for minors, and the shield law protects families and providers from out-of-state investigations and judgments. However:

  • Yale New Haven Health stopped medication treatment (puberty blockers and hormones) for patients under 19 in July 2025; its Gender Program still offers evaluation and mental health care.
  • Connecticut Children's closed its gender program in July 2025 and in August 2026 signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice committing not to provide gender-affirming medications to minors.
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England prescribes only to patients 18 and older, but its care navigator helps under-18 patients find pediatric providers.
  • Starting October 13, 2026, a federal CMS rule bars HUSKY A (Medicaid, under 18) and HUSKY B (CHIP, under 19) from paying for puberty blockers, hormones, or surgery for young people. Youth already on hormones can keep HUSKY coverage for those medications for up to 6 months. Private insurance is not affected by this rule.

Some independent and community providers still treat minors with parental consent; ask Anchor Health, your pediatrician, or GLAD Law Answers for current referrals.

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Laws and court cases5 laws

Sources

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  1. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-571nConnecticut General Assembly, Law. accessed
  2. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-155bConnecticut General Assembly, Law. accessed
    “No public agency ... may provide any information or expend or use time, money, facilities ... in furtherance of any interstate investigation or proceeding seeking to impose civil or criminal liability upon a person or entity for the provision, seeking or receipt of ... gender-affirming health care services”
  3. SB 1380 (2025), Public Act 25-154, An Act Prohibiting Discrimination by Health Care ProvidersConnecticut General Assembly, Law. accessed
    “7/8/2025 Signed by the Governor”
  4. Public Act 23-204, § 309Connecticut General Assembly, Law. accessed
    “The Department of Social Services or its agent shall consult with health care providers with expertise regarding gender-affirming care in developing and updating coverage policy for gender-affirming care in the HUSKY Health program.”
  5. Gender Affirmation Surgery, HUSKY Health provider policy (updated August 2025)HUSKY Health / Connecticut Department of Social Services, Official page. accessed
    “Gender affirming pelvic/gonadal, genital, and chest surgery (mastectomy/augmentation) is considered medically necessary when all of the following criteria are met”
  6. HUSKY HealthConnecticut Department of Social Services, Official page. accessed
  7. Medicaid Program; Prohibition on Federal Medicaid and CHIP Funding for Sex-Rejecting Procedures Furnished to Children (final rule)Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Federal Register, Regulation. accessed
    “For Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries who are actively receiving cross-sex hormone therapy, State Medicaid and CHIP agencies may continue to claim Federal Financial Participation for those hormone therapy medications for a period of up to 6 months from the effective date of this final rule.”
  8. Bulletin IC-37 (renumbered IC-34), Gender Identity Nondiscrimination RequirementsConnecticut Insurance Department, Official page. accessed
    “the Department finds a refusal by an insurer to pay for medically necessary treatment of gender dysphoria to be an unfair claim settlement practice”
  9. File a ComplaintConnecticut Insurance Department, Official page. accessed
  10. Office of the Healthcare AdvocateState of Connecticut, Official page. accessed
  11. Gender-Affirming CarePlanned Parenthood of Southern New England, Organization. accessed
    “PPSNE isn't currently able to offer GAHT for patients under 18. However, our Care Navigator is happy to work with you to identify pediatric providers.”
  12. Planned Parenthood of Southern New EnglandPlanned Parenthood of Southern New England, Organization. accessed
  13. Gender-affirming medicineAnchor Health, Organization. accessed
    “Hormone administration and monitoring for binary and nonbinary affirmations”
  14. Locations and hoursAnchor Health, Organization. accessed
  15. Center for Gender HealthHartford HealthCare, Organization. accessed
    “Comprehensive, compassionate healthcare services for gender-diverse adults.”
  16. Gender ProgramYale Medicine, Organization. accessed
  17. Yale New Haven Health to cut youth gender-affirming care servicesCT Mirror, News. accessed
    “Yale New Haven Health will no longer provide medication treatment as part of its gender-affirming care services for patients under 19”
  18. Lawmakers could subpoena CT Children's over gender care deal with TrumpCT Mirror, News. accessed
    “The deal included a "commitment" to stop providing gender-affirming care to minors, including hormones and puberty blockers”
  19. Triangle Community CenterTriangle Community Center, Organization. accessed
    “Triangle Community Center's Care Coordination and Brief Solutions-Focused Counseling programs are operating with a waiting list for new clients.”
  20. Q PlusQ Plus, Organization. accessed
    “Triangle Community Center, 650 West Ave Ste 2, Norwalk, CT 06850”
  21. Find a Health CenterHealth Resources and Services Administration, Official page. accessed
  22. HRT Access FundPoint of Pride, Organization. accessed
  23. GenderbandsOrganization. accessed
  24. Trans Health ProjectAdvocates for Trans Equality, Organization. accessed