House moves forward with bills affecting transgender health care and identity
12-05-2025 00:28 via kxan.com

House moves forward with bills affecting transgender health care and identity

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Saturday evening, the Texas House advanced two bills aimed at transgender life in Texas. Here's a breakdown of what they do:SB 1257 - Required coverage for gender transition reversalsThe first, Senate Bill 1257, requires health insurance providers who cover gender transition therapy, medications and surgeries to also cover treatment to “manage, reverse, reconstruct from, or recover from” gender transition."If you take somebody to the dance and they want to go home
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