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The House voted 82-31 to OK the measure, which would largely put into law rules approved by the state medical boards. While the Senate has approved the bill, the House made changes, meaning it will have to go back to the Senate for a final vote.
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The Senate has passed its version of the bill (SB 254), but the House made changes Tuesday, which would require the measure to go back to the Senate for another vote.
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The House is scheduled to debate the issue during a floor session Tuesday. The Senate passed its version earlier this month.
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State attorneys argued Jason Weida should not have to testify because he is a high-ranking official.
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One Tampa Bay area mom says she's preparing to move her family out of state if lawmakers make it harder for her daughter to access health care. But she also wants to fight for the families who can't.
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The bill would not only prevent minors from starting treatments for gender transitions and stop treatments for those who have already begun the process. It would also ban public expenditures of all gender-affirming care for those over 18, outside of Medicaid.
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The families of four children in St. Johns, Alachua, Duval and Orange counties say the rules implemented by the state's medical boards singles out minors and blocks them from obtaining medically necessary care.
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Florida doctors could lose their medical licenses if they order puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgery for minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria, under a Florida Board of Medicine rule that took effect.
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A measure that codifies medical board rules advanced through a Senate panel Monday. As lawmakers prepared to hear the bill, hundreds of transgender people and supporters filled the Capitol’s fourth floor.
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The bill, among other things, would make it a felony for health care professionals to order puberty blockers, hormone treatment or surgery for minors.