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AL HB266
Bill
Status
2/3/2022
Primary Sponsor
Wes Allen
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AI Summary
HB266 Summary
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Prohibits medical professionals from performing gender-transition procedures on minors, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries that sterilize or construct artificial genitalia, with violation as a Class C felony.
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Exempts procedures for minors with medically verifiable disorders of sex development, as diagnosed through genetic or biochemical testing.
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Prohibits school employees from encouraging minors to withhold from parents information about gender or sex identity concerns, or from withholding such information from parents themselves.
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Permits mental health professionals to continue providing counseling and psychological services to minors experiencing gender dysphoria.
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Becomes effective 30 days after passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Public health, minors, biological male or female, sexual state, practices to alter or affirm minor's sexual identity or perception such as prescribing puberty blocking medication or surgeries, prohibited, exceptions, nurses and school personnel not to withhold information from parents, violations a Class C felony
Public Health Department
Last Action
Pending third reading on day 18 Favorable from Judiciary with 1 amendment
3/2/2022