Gender transition; public funds; prohibition
Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)
A physician or other health professional may not provide, or refer to another physician or health professional to provide, irreversible gender reassignment surgery to any individual who is under eighteen years of age.
A physician or other health professional may not prescribe or administer, or refer to another physician or health professional to prescribe or administer, any of the following to an individual who is under eighteen years of age if the prescription or administration is for the purposes of changing an individual's appearance or body to no longer correspond to the individual's biological sex: 1. [...] any other drug to suppress or delay normal puberty. 2. Testosterone, estrogen or progesterone to a minor in an amount greater than would normally be produced endogenously in a healthy individual of that minor's age and biological sex.
Use of public funds or insurance for gender transition treatment prohibited; [...]
Public funds, tax monies of this state or any political subdivision of this state or any federal funds passing through the state treasury or the treasury of any political subdivision of this state may not be expended for payment to any person or entity for the performance of any gender transition treatment.
Public monies or tax monies of this state or any political subdivision of this state may not be expended directly or indirectly to pay the costs, premiums or charges associated with a health insurance policy, contract or plan that provides coverage, benefits or services related to the performance of any gender transition treatment.
Public monies or tax monies of this state or any political subdivision of this state or any federal funds passing through the state treasury or the treasury of any political subdivision of this state or monies paid by students as part of tuition or fees to a university under the jurisdiction of the arizona board of regents or a community college [...] may not be expended or allocated for training to perform gender transition treatment.
History
Date | Action |
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2025-02-11 | Senate read second time |
2025-02-10 | Assigned to Senate RULES Committee |
2025-02-10 | Assigned to Senate HHS Committee |
2025-02-10 | Introduced in Senate and read first time |