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May 10, 2023 - WA transgender youth bill targeted
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WA transgender youth bill targeted in national culture war.
Senate Bill 5599 expands an existing law to cover minors seeking protected healthcare services, including gender-affirming treatment.
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May 10, 2023 - WA transgender youth bill targeted
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Senate Bill 5599 expands an existing law to cover minors seeking protected healthcare services, including gender-affirming treatment.
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A recent Washington bill to help unsheltered transgender youth from national attention and protests.
Approved in the Democratic controlled House and Senate along party line votes, Senate Bill 5599 expands an existing law that allows organizations providing services to unsheltered youth, to delay notifying a parent or guardian if there is a compelling reason not to, such as abuse or neglect.
If it's not in the interest of the minor's safety to contact their family, the Department of Children, Youth and Families is notified instead.
Conservatives opposing SB 5599 have focused their arguments on saying the bill violates parents' rights to have primary authority over their children.
Senator Marco Liias, the bill's author, reiterated that "The bill itself doesn't make changes to existing loss surrounding the medical care of youth."
The bill awaits Governor Inslee's signature.
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