TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jul 3, 2024

A federal court in Mississippi has issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule that would extend federal prohibition of sex discrimination, part of the Affordable Care Act health insurance law, to discrimination against transgender people. The rule would have gone into effect on July 5. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced the lawsuit in May. Read Skrmetti's statement on the ruling.