Overview
- Children’s Minnesota, which announced the restart Monday, confirmed it is again prescribing puberty blockers and hormone therapy to eligible patients under 18.
- The hospital paused new prescriptions on February 27th while continuing supportive care and mental-health services, and it does not perform gender-affirming surgeries.
- Leaders said they resumed services after a federal judge in March vacated an HHS declaration that sought to restrict this care and threatened funding.
- Fewer than 5% of active patients were directly affected, and care teams have begun contacting families to restart treatments and scheduling.
- Federal proposals from CMS that could tie Medicare and Medicaid funding to limits on youth care remain pending, while Minnesota law protects access and many hospitals in other states have scaled back.