Additional Documents To Update

Once you have updated your legal name and/or gender marker with the U.S. federal government and with important government agencies in Rhode Island, it’s generally easier to change other documents.

It’s important to make sure your all of your personal accounts and records reflect your new name. Depending on what you are updating, you may be asked to provide a copy of your new ID or a copy of the name change court order.

Here is a list of institutions that you should update with your legal name and/or gender marker, as they apply to you.

  • Insurance companies: health, life, renters or homeowners, automotive

    • The name on your health records needs to match the name that your health insurance company has on file.

    • If you are enrolled through Health Source RI for Medicaid, log into your account and update it with name and/or gender marker changes. As long as you have changed your name and gender marker through Social Security first, the system should send updates to the RI Department of Human Services and to the insurance carrier.

    • If you have traditional Medicaid (as a supplement to Medicare, for example), these changes must be made through the RI Department of Human Services.

  • Voter registration

    • If you update the name on your license or state ID through the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), your voter registration should be automatically updated and no additional steps will be required.

    • You can verify your voter record has updated through the website of the RI Secretary of State.

  • Bank or other financial institutions

    • Ask them to update the name on your bank and/or retirement accounts, debit and/or credit cards, and other financial documents

  • Car registration

    • You may need to update your name and/or gender marker with the car insurance company before changing it on your registration.

    • Changing the gender marker on your car insurance could impact your premium.

  • Selective Service

    • Changing a gender marker from F to M with Social Security may trigger federal requirements for registration with the Selective Service

  • Loans: mortgages, car loans, or educational loans

  • School records: current or former university, college, or other educational institutions

  • Employer: likely through HR

  • Utility companies: electric, gas, water, Internet, phone, cable

  • Other legal documents: power of attorney, wills, advance directives, leases, deeds

  • Other memberships: AAA, clubs, professional organizations