Insurance regulators in Hawaii want to help people in the state compare health plans' gender transition benefits.
The effort may mean that agents, brokers and other benefits advisors in Hawaii — and in any states that follow Hawaii's lead — will have one more coverage detail to explain to clients.
The Memo
Colin Hayashida, Hawaii's insurance commissioner, put the state's gender transition benefits disclosure guidelines in a new memo.
Hayashida asked health coverage providers to post clear and complete gender identity benefits summaries on their websites.
The updates should include descriptions of any coverage for services related to gender transition, Hayashida wrote.
Hayashida addressed the memo to health maintenance organizations, and to any mutual benefit societies that provide health coverage, as well as to health insurance companies.
