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Gender-affirming care

Health care specifically designed to treat gender dysphoria, which can include medical, mental health, and surgical services. This bill explicitly states it excludes conversion therapy.

Gender dysphoria

A medical term for the distress a person experiences because their gender identity (their internal sense of being male, female, both, or neither) is different from the gender they were assigned at birth.

Curricula

The complete course of study in a school or college, or for a specific program. In this bill, it refers to the teaching plans and materials for healthcare education.

Cultural competency

The ability of healthcare providers to understand, appreciate, and interact effectively with people from different cultures or backgrounds, recognizing and respecting their beliefs, values, and practices.

Demonstration program

A program set up to test or show how a new idea, method, or product works on a small scale before it's potentially implemented more widely.

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

An agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that improves health care to people who are geographically isolated, economically or medically vulnerable.