By Alyana Alfaro • 05/15/17 5:14pm
Legislation aimed at protecting transgender people from discrimination in New Jersey’s health care marketplace cleared the state Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday.
The Assembly passed the bill in March and the next step is a vote in the full Senate, likely in the coming weeks.
“Antiquated policies and attitudes towards transgender individuals have led to discrimination, violence, depression and suicide,” Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen), a bill sponsor, said in a statement. “While tremendous strides have been made in recent years to advance equality for members of the ‘LGB’ community, much more still needs to be done to help protect our brothers and sisters in the ‘T’ community.”
https://observer.com/2017/05/nj-transgender-healthcare-bill/
