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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to psychological evaluations before the provision of |
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gender reassignment treatments and procedures. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Subchapter X to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER X. PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION REQUIRED FOR GENDER |
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REASSIGNMENT TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES |
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Sec. 161.701. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: |
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(1) "Gender reassignment treatment or procedure" |
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means a medical treatment or procedure provided or performed for |
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the purpose of altering an individual's primary or secondary sex |
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characteristics. |
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(2) "Health care provider" means an individual who is |
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licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by this state's laws |
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to provide or render health care or to dispense or prescribe a |
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prescription drug in the ordinary course of business or practice of |
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a profession. |
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Sec. 161.702. PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED FOR |
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GENDER REASSIGNMENT TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES. A health care |
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provider may not provide or perform a gender reassignment treatment |
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or procedure unless the person receiving the gender reassignment |
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treatment or procedure has undergone a psychological examination by |
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a psychologist licensed in this state. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter X, Chapter 161, Health and Safety |
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Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a gender reassignment |
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treatment or procedure that is provided or performed on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |