LGBTQ advocates concerned with record number of bills in Legislature
As a record number of bills seeking to curb LGBTQ rights are moving through the state Legislature, local advocates expressed their major concerns
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As a record number of bills seeking to curb LGBTQ rights are moving through the state Legislature, local advocates expressed their major concerns
LGBT rights advocates said the new dress code might discriminate against transgender people, and run afoul of the law.
If passed, the bill would leave insurance companies responsible not only for the cost of the surgery but the medication and mental health care afterward.
The policy, issued in a memo last week signed by Commissioner Sid Miller, states: 'Employees are expected to comply with this dress code in a manner consistent with their biological gender.'
The measure, authored by Rep. Steve Toth, R-Woodlands, has a 10-year statute of limitations. Opponents say the wide scope of the proposal makes it dangerous.