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House health care bill includes "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"

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House health care bill includes "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"
Filed by: Bil Browning
November 8, 2009 2:30 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2009/11/house_health_care_bill_includes_sexual_orientation.php

When the House of Representatives passed their version of health care reform last night, sexual orientation and gender identity were defined [pdf] as groups likely to "experience significant gaps in disease, health outcomes, or access to health care." Hat tip to Jill for pointing it out.

    ''Subtitle G--General Provisions
    16 ''SEC. 3171. DEFINITIONS.

snip

For purposes of the preceding sentence, a population may be
    9 delineated by race, ethnicity, primary language, sex,
    10 sexual orientation, gender identity, disability,
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