LINCOLN- Gov. Jim Pillen approved the final rules and regulations for Nebraska’s gender care law, ending the administrative process as a legal challenge continues to play out. Pillen, in a news release, announced the approval of Nebraska DHHS regulations for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. The restrictions apply to Nebraska minors under 19 years old and will take effect in a week.

Pillen said the state must protect children from “potentially irreversible and regrettable decisions — decisions for which they may not completely understand the consequences” — and thanked lawmakers for passing Legislative Bill 574 last year to enact the requirements. Multiple doctors have disagreed with the regulations calling them unclear.

Under the final regulations, youths must receive at least 40 hours of “gender-identity-focused contact hours of therapy” before the prescription of puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones. The ACLU are challenging LB 574 in court, arguing that the bill, after lawmakers attached a 12-week abortion ban, violated the Nebraska Constitution’s “single subject” provision.

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