Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Wednesday a new bill that: Limit gender-affirming care for transgender adults and children.
Critics of the bill SB 254 have called the bill: Florida “Abduction” Bill because they ‘Legally kidnapped’ This is the case when children are being prescribed or “threatened” to sex reassignment prescriptions or procedures, or when parents disagree, even when dissenting parents live across state lines.
Senator Clay Yarborough, who introduced the bill, said the bill was intended to protect children from “life-altering gender dysphoria treatments and surgeries” being prescribed to them. He argued that parents should have a say in whether their children receive gender-affirming care.
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Tallahassee Democrats reported that while the bill was not as far-reaching as congressmen had hoped, it would still limit care for both transgender children and adults. Along with a ban on young new patients, the bill would require physicians to provide gender-matched care directly to adult patients and would prohibit the use of telemedicine and other health care workers such as nurses and physician assistants. ing. Physicians who violate these provisions may be subject to a first-degree misdemeanor.
Gender-positive care for young people includes support for: almost all mainstream Medical organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, the World Health Organization, the Endocrine Society, and the American Psychiatric Association.Politifact is that states Children cannot be abducted, but the law can influence custody battles.
LGBTQ advocacy groups announced last week that they will ask a judge to block the law as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the medical board’s ban.
Here’s a breakdown of what’s on the invoice:
Florida Courts Can Gain Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction
This bill gives the Florida courts temporary emergency jurisdiction over the abandonment of children residing in Florida. As deemed necessary where a child, sibling, or parent of a child is being abused or abused or “threatened” by abuse or abuse. Or if the child is undergoing a sex reassignment prescription or procedure, or is “threatened”.
Parents can apply for a warrant to gain physical custody of their child
Section 2 of the bill allows parents to file petitions for enforcement of child custody decisions. Apply for a verified warrant to obtain physical custody of a child if the parent believes that their child is likely to “suffer imminent serious physical harm or state deportation.” can be done.
This section expressly states that serious physical harm “includes, but is not limited to,” undergoing a sex reassignment prescription or procedure.
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Prohibited use of state funds for gender-positive care
Another section of the bill prohibits any “government agency” from spending state funds on sex reassignment prescriptions and procedures.
Persons under the age of 18 will no longer receive gender-affirming care unless they qualify for an exception
Article 5 of the bill prohibits the prescribing and treatment of sex reassignment for patients under the age of 18. The Medical Board and the Osteopathic Medical Board have 60 days to adopt an emergency rule on standards of practice that allow minors to continue treatment on prescriptions consistent with those defined in Florida Statute 456.001.
Transition-related medical care includes puberty inhibitors, hormonal drugs, and surgery. Despite DeSantis’ claims that medical practice is tantamount to child amputation, gender reassignment surgery is generally only recommended for adults. For children, care does not begin until puberty begins.
Physicians must be in the same room as adults undergoing gender-affirming treatment, except when using telemedicine services
The article also requires that a physician prescribing, administering, or treating a drug must be at least physically in the same room as the patient.
Further restrictions ensure that only physicians can administer and perform these procedures, and other healthcare workers such as nurses and physician assistants are prohibited from initiating care.
of Tallahassee Democratic Party At least one clinic in Florida that provides gender-affirming care reported that it was staffed only by nurses, leaving care for these patients uncertain under the bill. . SPEKTRUM Health is based in Orlando and Melbourne and serves patients in central Florida.
CEO Joey Knoll told Democrats on Thursday that it was “totally broken.” “I have spent the past year raising awareness, seeking help, and trying to avoid catastrophe…it is now imminent.”