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AZ SB1138
Bill
Status
3/30/2022
Primary Sponsor
Warren Petersen
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AI Summary
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Prohibits physicians from providing irreversible gender reassignment surgery to individuals under 18 years of age.
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Allows physicians to provide services to minors with medically verifiable disorders of sex development, including those with ambiguous external biological sex characteristics or abnormal sex chromosome structure.
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Permits treatment of infections, injuries, diseases, or disorders caused by or exacerbated by gender transition procedures, regardless of legality of the original procedure.
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Allows surgical intervention for minors facing imminent danger of death or major bodily function impairment due to physical disorder, injury, or illness.
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Defines irreversible gender reassignment surgery to include specific procedures such as penectomy, vaginoplasty, hysterectomy, phalloplasty, mastectomy, and related surgeries; effective March 31, 2023.
Legislative Description
Irreversible gender reassignment surgery; minors
Minors
Last Action
Chapter 104
3/30/2022