While then-Governor Jerry Brown signed my bill in 2015, the agencies involved pushed back the initial implementation date to 2018.
Unfortunately, today, implementation is still in early stages, and we don't have all of the data we need. Earlier this year, state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and I discovered that SOGI data related to COVID-19 patients was not being tracked.
The pandemic and recession have shone a bright spotlight on so many unprecedented challenges that our diverse communities are grappling with.This has been particularly true for our LGBTQ+ seniors.