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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition on funding for gender reassignment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 10, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 2275 to read as follows: |
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Chapter 2275. Prohibition on Use of Taxpayer Resources |
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Sec. 2275.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Gender reassignment" means a medical |
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intervention, including surgery performed for the purpose of |
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altering a person's primary or secondary sex characteristics or |
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drugs or biologicals prescribed for the purpose of altering or |
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maintaining alteration of a person's primary or secondary sex |
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characteristics. |
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(2) "Intersex person" means an person who: |
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(A) has inborn chromosomal, gonadal, genital, or |
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endocrine characteristics, or a combination of those |
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characteristics, that are not suited to the typical definition of |
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male or female or are atypical for the determined sex of the person; |
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or |
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(B) is considered by a medical professional to |
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have inborn chromosomal, gonadal, genital, or endocrine |
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characteristics that are ambiguous or atypical for the determined |
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sex of the person. |
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Sec. 2275.002. PROHIBITION ON USE OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES FOR |
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GENDER REASSIGNMENT. (a) No funds authorized or appropriated by |
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State law shall be expended for any gender reassignment. |
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(b) No funds authorized or appropriated by State law shall |
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be expended for health benefits that covers gender reassignment. |
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(c) The prohibition in subsection (a) and (b) does not apply |
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to gender reassignment to be performed on an intersex person. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |