S.F. to Pay Workers’ Sex Change Costs
SAN FRANCISCO — The Board of Supervisors voted Monday to pay for sex changes for city employees.
The measure would pay up to $50,000 in benefits to city workers who want to switch their gender. The bill, approved 9 to 2, awaits the signature of Mayor Willie Brown.
The benefit, available starting July 1, would cover male-to-female surgery, which costs about $37,000, as well as female-to-male surgery, about $77,000.
People wanting sex-change surgery would have to pay 15% out-of-pocket if they use a doctor in the city’s health network. If an out-of-network doctor is used, the employee’s cost rises to 50%.
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