Two medical boards in Florida that are considering whether to impose rules dealing with gender-affirming care include members who have made significant contributions to the government. Ron DeSantisand other Republicans.
Appointments to state government boards are not uncommon. medical committee When Osteopathic Medical Boardto those who oversaw state colleges and were governors or donors to the Republican Party.
But crowds turned their attention to donations at a meeting in Orlando on Friday. A joint committee of two medical committees therefore agreed to draft amendments to the Standard of Care Regulations that would prohibit doctors from providing hormones and puberty blockers to her patients under the age of 18. did. university-affiliated trial. Exceptions for patients currently undergoing treatment for gender dysphoria with pubertal blockers or hormones were not included.
The board did not restrict adults from receiving gender-affirming care.
“This is what you get for $25,000,” cried one in the crowd after the board meeting. The board obtained testimony from non-Florida residents and a transgender German man who lifted the transition and supported the proposed amendment. his son committed suicide.
The proposed changes will be discussed by the Medical Board and the Osteopathic Medical Board on Nov. 4 in Orlando. As expected, the rules will be published if approved by the entire board.
cardiologist Zachariah ZachariahA member of the Medical Commission and chairman of the Commission’s Joint Rules Committee, has long been a recognized Republican fundraiser and donor in the state. Most of his personal donations were Jeb Bush Zachariah, who was governor of the state, donated $25,000 to DeSantis’ political committee in May.
Hector BillaA Tampa physician who is also a member of the Medical Board, donated $20,000 to Friends of Ron DeSantis in late April. Tiffany Sizemore Di Pietrois a dermatologist on the Osteopathic Medical Board, member of the Joint Regulations Committee, and medical advisor to Di Pietro Partners, who donated $15,000 to a friend of Ron DeSantis in October 2021.
Other political donors to DeSantis include Dr. Michael Waziryk, a member of the Medical Committee. He donated his $3,000 to the governor’s primary campaign account in his April. David DiamondThe current chair of the Medical Commission, donated $2,000 to DeSantis in the first gubernatorial election of 2018.
Maria Garciais a Coral Gables attorney who donated $250 in April.Doctor Sandra SchwemmerChairman of the Osteopathic Medical Board donated $3,000 to DeSantis in 2018.
Before agreeing on the proposed draft rules, the members of the joint committee heard from medical experts and the general public.
Many of those who testified in support of the rule came from out of state and shared stories about detransition. chloe cole When Zoe Hawes.parent Yakov SheinfeldThe German resident shared a story about his transgender son and “the cult that killed him.”
Cole testifying at a public rally in favor of the rules This prohibits Medicaid from providing gender-affirming care to beneficiaries.
Hawes and Seinfeld testified in federal court in support of the Medicaid ban after an LGBTQ group challenged the Medicaid ban and asked a judge to issue a temporary injunction. rejected request.
Scheinfeld’s 28-year-old transgender son died of a fentanyl and alcohol overdose after undergoing surgery as an adult. However, when he was cut off after his allotted three minutes had passed, he refused to stop speaking, had something to say, and asked him to come from Germany to appear before them. exclaimed that he had moved six hours.
It is the second time public testimony on the issue has been cut off, and gender-affirming Care advocates say their voices have not been heard.medical committee Cut off public debate on this issue early on at Fort.lauderdale conferencedenied the ability of dozens of people who traveled there to testify.
Zakaria, who chaired the joint committee hearing on Friday, told Florida Politics that he read the names in the order given to him. Public health center staff. Later in the conference, he began seeking public testimony from both his supporters and opponents.
Meanwhile, two Orlando Democrats reacted angrily to the decision to end testimony before everyone who indicated they were against the rule had a chance to speak.
“There are voters in this room who have been disenfranchised,” said the Democrat. Anna Escamani said on Twitter in Orlando. “It’s unacceptable, but it’s all too common under the DeSantis administration.”
manager Carlos Guillermo Smith Called the meeting “fake”.
A Democrat in Orlando tweeted, “They got all the speakers out of state and out of the country who initially agreed with them.” It cut off public comment from Floridians against the politicization of care.”
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