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Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Colleges & Universities

This page is part of a set of resources for employers to implement transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage. See "Transgender-Inclusive Benefits for Employees and Dependents" for the complete set of resources.

12/21/2010

A newer area of focus on colleges and campuses is ensuring that health insurance policies provide transgender-inclusive coverage. The following should be regarded as a minimum list; additional other institutions provide such coverage but have not reported it.

Employee Health Plans: transgender-inclusive coverage

Some colleges and universities with employee plans that provide minimum or better transgender-inclusive coverage including at least some transition-related surgeries (15 TOTAL):

American University
City University of New York (CUNY)
Harvard University
University of California Berkeley
University of California Davis
University of California Irvine
University of California Los Angeles
University of California Merced
University of California Riverside
University of California San Diego
University of California San Francisco
University of California Santa Barbara
University of California Santa Cruz
University of Michigan
Yale University

Student Health Plans: transgender-inclusive coverage

Colleges and universities with student health plans that provide minimum or better transgender-inclusive coverage including at least some transition-related surgeries.

California Institute of Technology (Fall 2010)
Cornell University (Fall 2011)
Emerson College (Fall 2007)
Emory University (Summer 2010)
Harvard University (2010, 2012)
New York University
Portland State University (Fall 2008)
Stanford University (Fall 2010)
The University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo)
University of California Berkeley
University of California Davis
University of California Irvine
University of California Los Angeles
University of California Riverside
University of California San Diego
University of California San Francisco
University of California Santa Barbara
University of California Santa Cruz
University of Connecticut (Fall 2010)
University of Michigan (Fall 2007 - all students; Jan 2006 Grad Student Employees)
University of Pennsylvania (Fall 2010)
University of Vermont
University of Washington (Fall 2008; updated 2011)
Washington University in St. Louis covers surgical services only, and not hormone therapy.

Student Health Plans: limited coverage

This is a partial list of colleges and universities with student health plans that provide much more limited access to needed health care: hormone therapy but not medically necessary surgical procedures related to sex reassignment.