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AL SB184

Bill

Status

Passed

4/7/2022

Primary Sponsor

Shay Shelnutt

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2022

AI Summary

SB184 - Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act (V-CAP)

  • Prohibits prescribing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender-affirming surgeries to minors, with violations classified as Class C felonies.

  • Exceptions apply only to procedures treating medically verifiable disorders of sex development, such as ambiguous external genitalia or abnormal sex chromosome structures.

  • School personnel including nurses, counselors, and teachers are prohibited from encouraging minors to withhold information from parents about gender identity concerns or withholding such information themselves.

  • Allows psychologists, psychological technicians, and licensed mental health professionals to continue providing counseling and mental health services.

  • 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

Minors

Last Action

Assigned Act No. 2022-289.

4/7/2022

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/24/2022
Healthcare2/3/2022

Full Bill Text

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