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Transgender bill overshadowing other health care efforts?

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Gov. Andy Beshear said he believed transition and other medical decisions for transgender youth should be between them and their parents. Senate Bill 150 directs local school boards to make policies keeping people from using bathrooms, locker rooms or showers reserved for students of a different biological sex. Bill also places new restrictions on sex education in public schools.

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Winchester Sun

Beshear vetoes controversial transgender health care bill - Winchester Sun

By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday vetoed a bill that would, among other things, ban gender-affirming care for Kentucky’s transgender minors. The legislation, Senate Bill 150, was passed by the Kentucky legislature in mid-March. Beshear’s veto was not surprising – in 2020 he became the first sitting Kentucky governor to attend an LGBTQ+ fairness rally. And, on the day the legislature passed Senate Bill 150, Beshe…

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Harlan Enterprise

Transgender bill overshadowing other health care efforts?

Going into the 2023 legislative session, it was clear that health care costs would top the list of priorities for the General Assembly but the anti-transgender health care bill for minors appears to be overshadowing those efforts. While lawmakers have filed dozens of bills aiming to reduce health care costs — ranging from reforming prior authorizations and prescription rebates to expanding mental health care and more — none have attracted the sa…

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