Public health: Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund.

Plain English Breakdown

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Wellness and Equity Fund for Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex People

This law changes the name of an existing health care fund to include Two-Spirit people and expands its purpose to support workforce training, resettlement programs, social integration services, and outreach to young TGI individuals.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the name of a health care fund for transgender, gender nonconforming, and intersex (TGI) individuals to also include Two-Spirit people.
• Expands the types of grants available from this fund to cover workforce training, resettlement programs, social integration services, and outreach to young TGI individuals.
• Adds mental health services to the definition of 'health care' for these purposes.
• Defines new terms like 'Two-Spirit' and 'transitional-age 2TGI youth'.
• Allows organizations that serve tribal populations to apply for grants if they partner with a Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex (2TGI) serving organization.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who identify as Two-Spirit, transgender, gender nonconforming, or intersex.
• Organizations that provide services to these communities.
• The State Department of Public Health which administers the fund.

Terms To Know

Two-Spirit

A term used by some Indigenous people to describe their gender identity and cultural heritage.

Transitional-age youth

Young adults, typically between the ages of 16 and 25, who are transitioning into adulthood.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much money will be in the fund.
• It is unclear which organizations will receive grants or how many people will benefit from these programs.

Official Summary Text

AB 1487, Addis.
Public health: Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund.
Existing law establishes the Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund under the administration of the State Department of Public Health, for purposes of funding grants, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to create programs, or funding existing programs, focused on coordinating trans-inclusive health care for individuals who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming, or intersex (TGI). Existing law makes the grants available to TGI-serving organizations, as specified. Existing law defines terms, including “health care” and “gender nonconforming,” for purposes of these provisions.
This bill would rename the fund as the Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex (2TGI) Wellness and Equity
Fund and would make a conforming change to a related provision. The bill would expand the availability of grant funds to 2TGI-serving organizations, as defined, for purposes of providing workforce development training for 2TGI individuals, resettlement and social integration programs for 2TGI asylees and immigrants, and diversion programs for, and outreach to, transitional-age 2TGI youth. Under the bill, an organization that serves tribal populations would also be eligible for a grant for any of the specified purposes if that organization applies in partnership with a 2TGI-serving organization.
The bill would revise the definition of “health care” to include mental health services and would define “Two-Spirit” and “transitional-age 2TGI youth” for purposes of these provisions. The bill would make related legislative findings.

Current Bill Text

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