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TN HB1447

HEALTHCAREFAILED

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28; Title 29; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to treatment of minors.

As introduced, clarifies that prescribing hormone treatment for minors is not a standard medical practice when the treatment is for the purpose of enabling a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex or treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between a minor's sex and asserted identity. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 29; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

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Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-169(b), is amended by deleting the language "for gender dysphoric or gender incongruent prepubertal minors" and substituting instead the language "to enable a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor's sex or treat purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between a minor's sex and asserted identity".

Legislative Session

inactive

113th General Assembly

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History

DateAction
2023-02-07Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
2023-02-02P2C, ref. to Health Committee
2023-02-01Intro., P1C.
2023-01-31Filed for introduction