Transgender The state soughthealth insurance plans with a gender reassignment exclusion, andcoverage is restricted by the four approved insurance providers,the complaint said. (Photo: Shutterstock)

A Florida public defender and a University of Florida researcherclaim their state employee health insurance plans illegallydiscriminate against them by denying coverage for genderreassignment surgery.

The federal lawsuit filed Monday in the Northern District ofFlorida claims the health plan violates the Civil Rights Act andequal protection clause by explicitly excluding coveragefor "gender reassignment or modification services or supplies."

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Catherine Wilson

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