Biden scraps Florida trip but will address law enforement group virtually – The Washington Post

Health-care organizations that receive federal funding would also be barred from discriminating against gender transitions and other services that have increasingly become the target of state legislative battles and litigation. Officials also stressed that the new federal anti-discrimination language covers a patient’s sexual orientation and gender identity. …

The proposed rule strengthens a provision, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, that was crafted during the Obama administration but weakened by his successor and has been the subject of extensive litigation. …

LGBTQ advocacy organizations cheered the announcement, saying the Biden administration was right to restore and broaden federal language that would protect people seeking gender transitions, people with disabilities and others who face discrimination.