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Amend SB 1311 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 161.703, Health and Safety Code, as follows:
(1) Immediately before "The" (page 2, line 6), insert "(a)".
(2) Immediately after "testing." (page 2, between lines 20 and 21), insert the following:
(b) The prohibitions under Section 161.702 do not apply to the provision by a physician or other health care provider of gender transitioning or gender reassignment procedures or treatments to a child:
(1) who has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, anxiety, depression, or suicidal ideation;
(2) who has attempted suicide; or
(3) whose physician and therapist agree that the child needs the procedures or treatments to affirm the child's gender identity.