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Senate Bill 14 |
Senate Author: Campbell et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-23 |
House Sponsor: Oliverson et al. |
Senate Bill 14 amends the Health and Safety Code, Human Resources Code, and Occupations Code to prohibit a state‑licensed physician or other applicable health care provider from knowingly performing procedures and providing treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria for children younger than 18 years of age, subject to the exceptions set out by the bill. The bill provides for enforcement of that prohibition by the attorney general and for certain disciplinary measures for physicians who violate the prohibition. Additionally, the bill prohibits the direct or indirect use of public money by any entity, organization, or individual that provides or facilitates the provision of a procedure or treatment to a child that is prohibited by the bill, prohibits Medicaid and CHIP reimbursements from being provided to a physician or health care provider for the provision of such a prohibited procedure or treatment, and prohibits Medicaid and CHIP from providing coverage for those prohibited services that are intended to transition a child's biological sex.