(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Bigger news than Tucker. Florida has 96 bills ready to be voted on. If passed..OMG. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-24 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As the end of Florida’s legislative session approaches, 96 bills are on the House calendar Tuesday including one that would allow doctors and insurance companies to drop patients for religious or moral reasons. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION >>>PEOPLE. ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………….. Bill allows doctors to deny care based on religious or moral beliefs Insurance companies can deny payment if ‘conscience-based' objection Doctors and insurance companies would have legal protections following denial Opponents fear discrimination against minorities and LGBTQ patients www.baynews9.com/… This bill would penalize providers by inflicting criminal penalties (including felony penalties) on providers who give gender-affirming care; it would take licenses away from those providers; and it would prohibit Medicare from covering gender-affirming care for transgender youth or adults. It would also forbid public funds, including those of a public university, public hospital, city, or county, and Medicare, from being used to provide benefits that include gender-affirming care - for transgender people of all ages. And - uniquely - it allows the state to remove trans children from their parents if they are receiving transition care by purporting to give Florida family courts jurisdiction to set aside another state’s custody determination for a young person if their parents have authorized or might authorize best practice, age-appropriate gender-affirming health care Catch that might right here. The bill is a gender-affirming care ban that would also strip parental rights from parents who support their transgender children. www.hrc.org/... - it allows the state to remove trans children from their parents if they are receiving transition care by purporting to give Florida family courts jurisdiction to set aside another state’s custody determination for a young person if their parents have authorized or might authorize best practice, age-appropriate gender-affirming health care Persecuted for what a parent MIGHT do. Year round school…...basically away from parents while dictating the educational agenda. A small number of Florida elementary students could start attending public school year-round as lawmakers explore starting a new pilot program. The House Choice & Innovation subcommittee voted to launch the four-year program at five school districts starting in the 2024-25 school year. The subcommittee approved HB 891 with little debate. floridapolitics.com/.… This is one lawsuit of a slew to follow. floridapolitics.com/.… Florida faces a class action lawsuit over Medicaid for people with disabilities I am not saying Carlson is not good news….I am saying the news about Florida is about to get really rough. It will affect a lot of people and what is this with DeSantis traveling to all these countries? 96 Bills and he will sign all the controversail ones. I cannot find all 96 on the table. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/24/2165632/-Bigger-news-than-Tucker-Florida-has-96-bills-ready-to-be-voted-on-If-passed-OMG Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/