Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has issued two executive orders that deal with matters that affect the state's LGBTQ+ community. Here's what you should know about the orders, and how it could affect you.
On June 27, officials with Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs' office announced that the governor has signed two executive orders that relates to issues faced by the state's LGBTQ+ community.
According to the executive order, gender reassignment surgery, even in cases where the surgery is medically necessary, has been excluded from state healthcare plan coverage since 2017.Was"not consistent with the covered offered by the State's health insurance carriers' standard benefit packages" Gov. Hobbs also noted that there have been successful legal challenges to exclusions of gender-affirming care in public employee healthcare plans in other states, including Alaska and North Carolina.
The executive order also gives various state agencies a task of developing and and implementing policies, as necessary and consistent with state and federal law, to protect "LGBTQ+ minors from harmful medical and mental healthcare services related to ‘conversion therapy.
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