UW Health Internal Announcement: Updates to Pediatric and Adolescent Gender Affirming Care (KB0077377) Provenance: Government record
Released January 13, 2026
Internal knowledge-base announcement, bylined chief clinical officer Dr. Aimee Becker, explaining that UW Health paused prescribing hormone therapy and puberty blockers for patients under 18 following two proposed CMS rules and an HHS declaration. States the PATH Clinic remains open and no employment is affected, and directs staff who wish to comment publicly through the campus Office of Federal Relations.
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- Collection
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Agency
- University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority (UW Health)
- Record type
- Policy
- Document date
- January 13, 2026
- Pages
- 4 pages
- Source
- UW Health public records response, 2026-07-22
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University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority (UW Health). "UW Health Internal Announcement: Updates to Pediatric and Adolescent Gender Affirming Care (KB0077377)." January 13, 2026. Glass Government Reading Room, https://glassgovernment.org/library/uwhealth-gac-updates-pediatric-adolescent-kb0077377/.
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Notes
Original filename "Corporate Comms - News - Updates to Pediatric and Adolescent Gender Affirming Care.pdf". Internal UW Health intranet article printed to PDF 2026-03-11.