H808 - Gender Transition/Minors. (SL 2023-111)

Overview: S.L. 2023-111 prohibits medical professionals from performing surgical gender transition procedures on minors and prescribing, providing, or dispensing puberty-blocking drugs or cross-sex hormones to minors, with some exceptions. Medical professionals who violate these provisions will have their licenses revoked, and minors who underwent a surgical gender transition procedure or who were prescribed or provided with puberty-blocking drugs or cross-sex hormones have a private right of action against the medical provider who performed the procedure or prescribed or provided the drugs. State funds cannot be used for surgical gender transition procedures on minors or prescribing, providing, or dispensing puberty-blocking drugs or cross-sex hormones to minors.

This act has various effective dates. Please see the full summary for more details.