Children's Minnesota lifts suspension on gender health services

Jeremy Olson, The Minnesota Star Tribune on Apr 6, 2026

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MINNEAPOLIS — Children’s Minnesota hospital system resumed gender health care services it had suspended in late February in response to efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to cut off federal funding.

A favorable federal court ruling led to the reversal, Children’s said in a written statement on Monday, April 6. The health system was in the process of informing affected patients and families.

“Offering science- and research-based health care to transgender and gender diverse youth is part of Children’s Minnesota’s vision of being every family’s essential partner in raising healthier children,” the statement said.

Children’s had announced in early February the suspension of services, including providing puberty-suppressing medications or hormones to patients younger than 18 to help them with gender transitions. The Minneapolis-based health system continued to provide counseling and mental health care related to gender health. It generally had not provided gender surgeries, even before the suspension.

The Trump administration late last year proposed rules that would cut federal Medicaid and Medicare support for hospitals and clinics that provide minors with certain forms of gender health care. The proposal could have gutted Children’s finances.

Medicaid, known primarily as Medical Assistance in Minnesota, is a government-supported health insurance program for children and low-income Minnesotans. The program covered about 48% of the patients admitted to Children’s hospitals in Minneapolis and St. Paul in 2023.

A federal judge in Oregon blocked the attempted rule change by U.S. Health and Human Services, noting that it was done without required notice and hearings and exceeded the agency’s authority.

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