TGI Data Collection NOW the LGBTQI+ Disparities Reduction Act - Assemblymember Luz Rivas
AB 1163 requires prescribed state entities, in the course of collecting demographic data directly or by contract as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians, to collect voluntary self-identification information pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity/expression (SOGIE) except as specified.
Existing law prohibits these state entities from reporting demographic data that would permit identification of individuals or would result in statistical unreliability and limits the use of the collected data by those entities, as specified. Existing law requires these state entities to report to the Legislature specified information related to the data and make the data available to the public, except for personally identifiable information, which existing law deems confidential and prohibits disclosure of that information.
Previously: The bill did not explicitly include intersex people. Language will be amended to fix this, and expand the departments collecting the voluntary demographic data. Just this year, CDPH was under a spotlight for not collecting SOGIE data it was supposed to under law, and that we can assume will create a huge gap in observing health disparities.
This bill would impose the provisions of the above-described act on departments under the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, the California Health and Human Services Agency, and the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the California Commission on Disability Access, and would require these state entities to comply with the bill’s provisions as early as possible following the effective date of this bill, but no later than July 1, 2025.
SPONSORING
AB 1487
TGI Reentry Fund - Assemblymember Miguel Santiago
AB 1487 would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, create the Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex Wellness Reentry Fund for purposes of funding grants to create programs, or funding existing programs, focused on reentry programming specifically to support transgender, gender variant, and intersex people who have experienced carceral systems. The bill would make legislative findings and declarations.
The State Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity shall administer the TGI Wellness Reentry Fund for purposes of funding grants to create programs, or funding existing programs, focused on reentry programming specifically to support TGI people who have experienced carceral systems.
Upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys in the TGI Wellness Reentry Fund may be used to fund grants to existing and new TGI-specific reentry programs run by TGI-serving organizations. Reentry programs include, but are not limited to, emergency, transitional, or permanent housing, employment linkage and support, direct employment opportunities, workforce development and career development training, entrepreneurship opportunities, mental and general health care, identity document updating services, legal assistance, computer training, services navigation, case management, financial assistance and literacy, and other wraparound and comprehensive services.
CO-SPONSORING
AB 957
TGI Youth Empowerment Act - Lori D. Wilson
AB 957 would clarify that affirming a child’s gender identity is in the best interest of the child in the California Family Code and remove barriers to name and gender marker changes for minors, increasing the likelihood that a gender-affirming parent is given legal custody and authority to make important decisions about the child’s medical care and education.
Specifically this bill: Lists affirmation of a child’s gender identity as factor to consider in determining the best interest of the child thereby providing family courts the opportunity to include a parent’s affirmation of their child’s gender identity in the best interest of the child analysis. Requires the court to consider that affirming a child’s gender identity is in the child’s best interest when one parent does not consent to a minor’s name and gender marker change to conform with the minor’s gender identity.