In addition, the state on Feb. 1 halted insurance coverage of gender reassignment surgery for transgender state workers, after a federal judge blocked federal rules requiring such coverage.

It’s not clear whether a separate insurance pool at UW-Madison is feasible, Wendt said. That’s why the GLBTQ committee wants to learn about the options, she said.

Awareness of the issue will increase after the ad-hoc committee’s report is presented to the UW-Madison Faculty Senate as an informational item on March 6.

Noting the difficulty in projecting the number of possible users of the coverage, the ad hoc committee estimated that the cost of transgender health care for those covered through UW-Madison would range from 66 cents to $127.50 per subscriber.

Health care to be covered would include procedures directly related to gender transition, like gender reassignment surgery, hormone therapy and psychotherapy, according to the report. In addition are more routine procedures not covered for transgender people, like a mammogram or hysterectomy for someone who identifies as male.