No Gender Dysphoria Standards Exist; Ruling Creates Uncertainty, Amici Say

(May 29, 2024, 8:50 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — Amici curiae warned the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that there was no consensus on the proper standard of care for gender dysphoria and that a ruling below holding a third-party administrator who denied coverage liable for violating the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s discrimination provision threated to create a “problematic” situation full of uncertainty for self-insured Employee Retirement Income Security Act plans....