Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed a bill that blocks Oklahoma University Children’s Hospital from receiving federal pandemic relief money unless it stops performing “gender-affirming” treatment on children.
The new law sets aside over $108 million in American Rescue Plan funds to University of Oklahoma’s health system, or OU Health, for a variety of projects such as pediatric mental healthcare, cancer treatment, and mobile dentistry. However, the health group may only get the money when none of its medical facilities offer “gender reassignment medical treatment” to patients aged under 18.
