Relating to gender-transition procedures, and including effective date provisions

This bill creates a private right of action for gender-transition procedures performed on a minor. The bill provides that a medical practitioner who performs a gender-transition procedure in this state on an individual who is less than years of age shall be liable to the individual if injured, including any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms, by such procedure, related treatment, or subsequent effects of the procedure or treatment. An individual who receives a gender-transition procedure from a medical practitioner, or the individual’s representative, has years after the date the individual turned years of age to bring a civil action against such medical practitioner for declaratory or injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages, and attorney fees and costs. The bill provides that no state law shall require a medical practitioner to perform a gender-transition procedure and that any medical practitioner that performs a gender-transition procedure on an individual in this state shall be ineligible to receive any funding from the department of health and human services. The bill takes effect upon enactment.