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AL SB219
Bill
Status
3/5/2020
Primary Sponsor
Shay Shelnutt
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AI Summary
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Prohibits any person from performing, counseling, or referring for gender-affirming medical procedures on minors, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries that sterilize or alter genitalia.
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Exempts procedures to treat minors born with medically verifiable disorders of sex development, as determined through genetic or biochemical testing.
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Requires school nurses, counselors, teachers, and administrators to inform parents if a minor expresses gender identity inconsistent with biological sex and prohibits encouraging minors to withhold this information from parents.
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Establishes violations as Class C felonies.
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Becomes effective 30 days after passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, prohibits gender change therapy for minors, prohibits withholding of certain related information from parents
Public Health Department
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health
3/10/2020