Health: other; gender reassignment procedures or treatment for minors; prohibit. Creates new act.
103rd Legislature
A health care professional shall not knowingly engage in or cause any of the following practices to be performed on a minor if the practice is performed for the purpose of attempting to alter the appearance of, or affirm the minor's psychological perception of, the sex of the minor, and the appearance or perception is inconsistent with the sex of the minor: (a) Prescribing or administering [...] any drug to suppress or delay normal puberty. (b) Prescribing or administering testosterone, estrogen, or progesterone in an amount greater than would normally be produced endogenously in a healthy individual of the minor's age and sex. (c) Performing a surgery that sterilizes, including, but not limited to, a castration, vasectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, and penectomy.
History
Date | Action |
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2025-05-07 | Introduced By Senator Thomas Albert |
2025-05-07 | Referred To Committee On Government Operations |