§ 3-4. Health and welfare agencies.

(a) In general.

It is an unlawful practice for any health and welfare agency or any owner, supervisor, staff person, director, manager, or officer of a health and welfare agency to:

(1) discriminate against any person by refusing, denying, or withholding from him any of the services, programs, benefits, facilities, or privileges of any health and welfare program or service;

(2) discriminate against any person in the setting of rates or charges for any of the services, programs, benefits, facilities, or privileges of any such agency; or

(3) communicate, publish, advertise, or represent:

(i) that any of the services, programs, benefits, facilities, or privileges of any health and welfare agency are withheld from or denied to any person on a discriminatory basis; or

(ii) that the patronage of any person is unwelcome, objectionable, or unacceptable because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or HIV or AIDS status; or

(4) based on an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or HIV or AIDS status:

(i) deny admission to a facility, transfer or refuse to transfer the individual within a facility or to another facility, or discharge or evicts an individual from a facility;

(ii) deny a request by individuals to share a room in a facility;

(iii) if rooms are assigned by gender, assign, reassign, or refuse to assign a room to a transgender individual other than in accordance with the individual's gender identity, unless at the individual's request;

(iv) prohibit an individual from using, or harassing an individual who seeks to use or does use, a restroom available to other individuals of the same gender identity, regardless of whether the individual is making a gender transition or appears to be gender- nonconforming;

(v) willfully and repeatedly use an individual's incorrect name or pronouns after being clearly informed of the individual's correct name or pronouns, unless otherwise required by law;

(vi) deny an individual the right to wear or be dressed in clothing, accessories, or cosmetics that are allowed for any other individual;

(vii) restrict an individual's right to associate with other individuals, including the right to consensual sexual relations, unless the restriction uniformly applies to all individuals in a nondiscriminatory manner;

(viii) deny or restrict medical or nonmedical care; or

(ix) provide medical or nonmedical care in a manner that, to a similarly situated reasonable individual, unduly demeans the individual's dignity or causes avoidable discomfort.

(b) Notice requirement.

(1) In general.

A facility must post prominently, and must include with any materials that describe the facility's nondiscrimination policies, a notice that:

(i) meets the requirements of this subsection; and

(ii) is in a form prescribed by the Director.

(2) Contents.

The notice required under this subsection must include:

(i) a statement that the law prohibits discrimination, including bullying, abuse, or harassment, on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or HIV or AIDS status; and

(ii) information about enforcement under City Code Article 4, Subtitle 4 {"Enforcement"}.