Lambda Legal attorney Shelly Skeen Hearings on four bills targeting the LGBT community will be heard this week. Several bills target transitioning for LGBT youth.
Another criminalized HIV-positive status. • House Bill 1424 targets the LGBTQ+ Community and PLWH. It allows a physician, nurse, staff member, or employee of a hospital or other health care facility to refuse to provide medical procedures (including life-saving care) based on their ethical, moral or religious beliefs.
It will be heard in the House Public Health Committee on Wednesday morning, April 14, 2021, at 9 a.m. • HB 1399 targets transgender youth and medical malpractice insurance coverage.