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FL H1639
Bill
Status
Failed
3/8/2024
Primary Sponsor
Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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AI Summary
- Defines "sex" in Florida driver license law as the classification of a person as male or female based on sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, and internal and external genitalia present at birth
- Replaces the term "gender" with "sex" on driver license and identification card applications and printed licenses
- Requires any health insurance policy, group health plan, or health maintenance contract that covers sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures to also cover detransition treatments; insurers offering such coverage must also offer a policy without it
- Prohibits health insurance policies from excluding coverage of mental health or therapeutic services that treat a person's perception that their sex is inconsistent with their sex at birth by affirming the insured's biological sex
- Health insurance provisions apply to policies delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025, with the overall act taking effect July 1, 2024
Legislative Description
Gender and Biological Sex
Last Action
Died in Rules
3/8/2024
Committee Referrals
Infrastructure Strategies Committee2/5/2024
Insurance And Banking Subcommittee1/25/2024
Select Committee on Health Innovation1/13/2024
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