Public health: the Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund.

Assembly Member Addis proposes expanding California's existing Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund to include Two-Spirit individuals and broaden its scope of services. The renamed Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex (2TGI) Wellness and Equity Fund, administered by the State Department of Public Health's Office of Health Equity, would maintain its current grant programs while adding new categories of eligible services.

The legislation adds three new grant categories: workforce development training for 2TGI individuals, resettlement and social integration programs for 2TGI asylees and immigrants, and diversion programs targeting transitional-age 2TGI youth. The bill also expands the definition of health care to explicitly include mental health services, while maintaining existing coverage for medical care, behavioral health, therapeutic arts, substance use treatment, and supportive housing assistance.

Under the bill's provisions, medical providers seeking grants must partner with 2TGI-serving organizations - defined as public or nonprofit entities whose mission centers on serving this population and where at least 65% of clients identify as 2TGI. These organizations may serve as direct grant recipients or fiscal sponsors, with administrative fees capped at 16%. The legislation preserves existing requirements that hospitals and clinics consult with 2TGI-serving organizations throughout the development and implementation of trans-inclusive healthcare programs.