Legal Opinion
John Smith v. Jessie K. Rasmussen, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the Iowa Department of Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 4, 2001No. 99-3262PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.
The Iowa Department of Human Services (the Department or State) appeals from the district court’s judgment that the Department violated the mandates of Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq. (1992 & Supp.2000) (Medicaid Act or Act), when it refused to fund surgery for the plaintiff, John Smith (pseudonym). We reverse.
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Smith, now 41 years old, was born with the physiology of a female. He 2 suffers from the psychiatric condition “gender identity disorder,” which, 3 when severe, equates with what is popularly known as transsexualism. Dr. Sharon…
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