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Relating to treatment or intervention involving a minor diagnosed with gender dysphoria, and providing for licensee discipline and civil penalties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 2, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Doctors and medical practitioners cannot provide certain treatments for gender dysphoria to minors without following new rules. Physicians must explain all risks and benefits to a child's parents and get written permission from every parent or guardian before performing procedures on a minor's sex characteristics. Practitioners who discuss these treatment options must also tell the minor about any known bad side effects.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to treatment or intervention involving a minor diagnosed with gender dysphoria. The bill includes definitions used in the bill including “gender dysphoria”, “minor”, “physician”, and “practitioner”. The bill prohibits a physician from performing any treatment or intervention on the sex characteristics of a minor diagnosed with gender dysphoria unless the physician provides written and oral disclosure to all parents or legal guardians of the minor that informed consent must be obtained from all parents or legal guardians of the minor; provides written and oral disclosure to all parents or legal guardians of the minor in nontechnical terms that include a description of the treatment or intervention to be performed, a description of any attendant discomfort and risks to the minor in the short term and long term, an explanation of any benefits that the minor may reasonably expect following the treatment or intervention, an explanation of any appropriate alternative procedures, drugs, or devices, and an offer to answer any inquiries concerning the treatment or intervention involved; and obtains written consent from all parents or legal guardians of the minor. The physician shall retain the original written consent in the medical record of the minor and shall provide a copy of the written consent to all parents or legal guardians of the minor.6. The bill also provides that a practitioner who engages in discussions or counseling regarding gender dysphoria treatment or intervention options with a minor shall fully and accurately disclose all known and documented adverse events relating to such treatment or intervention options. A practitioner who violates this provision of the bill is subject to suspension of the practitioner’s license or other practice authorization for a minimum of three years and a civil penalty of $25,000. The board of medicine and any appropriate licensing entity or disciplinary authority with professional jurisdiction over a practitioner under the bill shall adopt administrative rules to administer the bill.