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House Corrections and Institutions Committee · February 18, 2026

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Committee opens and frames H.B. 550 review

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Committee Chair opened the House Corrections and Institutions Committee hearing, said the group would take a preliminary review of H.B. 550 and described the bill's aim: a deeper dive into gender equity in DOC facilities to ensure housing and health-care policies protect people in state custody. Chair turned the floor to DOC staff to identify themselves and present proposed language changes.

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A House Corrections and Institutions Committee briefing on H.B. 550 examined the Department of Corrections(DOC) policies and practices for housing and health care for transgender, intersex and gender-diverse incarcerated people. DOC and its contracted medical provider described past policy changes, training, individualized housing decisions and concerns about out-of-state placements (CoreCivic, Mississippi).

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