LINCOLN- As outlined in LB574, Sen. Kathleen Kauth's bill that restricts gender-affirming care for minors and prohibits abortions past 12 weeks, Nebraska's new health care regulations will take effect this Sunday, October 1st. However, the restrictions regarding gender-affirming care, which were meant to be drafted by the state's chief medical officer, have not yet been published, so the changes will come with little guidance.

As of Friday, no timeline has been announced for when these regulations will be completed. Genital or non-genital transition surgeries for minors, however, will be prohibited on Sunday, but the regulations surrounding non-surgical treatments like therapy and hormone blockers are not yet created, meaning such treatments will continue to be available to transgender minors in Nebraska.

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that the regulations were being worked on utilizing internal medical, psychological, and behavioral health specialists to do so. The identities of those crafting the regulations were not released to the public, and will not be for the time being "to ensure that the process is not impeded," according to a DHHS spokesperson.

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