(a)CA Health & Safety Code § 150925(a) The Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex (TGI) Wellness Reentry Fund is established in the State Treasury.
(b)CA Health & Safety Code § 150925(b) The State Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity shall administer the TGI Wellness Reentry Fund for purposes of funding grants to create programs, or funding existing programs, focused on reentry programming specifically to support TGI people who have experienced carceral systems.
(c)CA Health & Safety Code § 150925(c) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys in the TGI Wellness Reentry Fund may be used to fund grants to existing and new TGI-specific reentry programs run by TGI-serving organizations.
Reentry programs include, but are not limited to, emergency, transitional, or permanent housing, employment linkage and support, direct employment opportunities, workforce development and career development training, entrepreneurship opportunities, mental and general health care, identity document updating services, legal assistance, computer training, services navigation, case management, financial assistance and literacy, and other wraparound and comprehensive services.
(d)CA Health & Safety Code § 150925(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1)CA Health & Safety Code § 150925(d)(1) “Transgender” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (f) of Section 150900.
(2)CA Health & Safety Code § 150925(d)(2) “Gender Variant” has the same meaning as “gender nonconforming” as defined in
paragraph (4) of subdivision (f) of Section 150900.
(3)CA Health & Safety Code § 150925(d)(3) “Intersex” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (5) of subdivision (f) of Section 150900.
(4)CA Health & Safety Code § 150925(d)(4) “TGI-serving organization” has the same meaning as defined in Section 150900.
