LTC 569-2019 Motion by the LGBTQ Advisory Committee MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC # 569-2019 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Memberso the City mmission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: October 24, 2019
SUBJECT: Motion by the LGBTQ Advisory Committee
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (LTC) is to inform the Mayor and the Commission of a
motion made by the LGBTQ Advisory Committee at their meeting on October 8, 2019.
BACKGROUND:
The Florida Department of Health, in association with the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, conducts the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey. This survey
establishes and tracks state and local health objectives, plans for health programs, implement
disease prevention and health promotion activities, and monitors trends. A module that states can
opt into is the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SO/GI) module. While states like Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Vermont have opted into this module, the State of
Florida does not currently use it. Thus, the state is missing critical health data for more than three-
quarters of a million of its own residents, a population greater than the entire State of Vermont. The
committee would like to ensure that critical health data is being collected of all of its residents.
MOTION:
The consensus of this Committee is to ask the City to petition the Florida Department of Health to
adopt the SO/GI module for the BRFSS.
Motion Made By: Paul Thomas
Motion Seconded By: Riki Wilchins
Motion Passed: 10-0
Members in favor: Paul Thomas, Riki Wilchins, Robin Schwartz, Aaron Bos-Lun, Cindy Brown,
Daniel Diaz, Elizabeth Schwartz, George Neary, Mark Wylie, Roger Thomson
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