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CO HB1114
Bill
Status
2/13/2020
Primary Sponsor
Shane Sandridge
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AI Summary
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Creates a new crime of "unlawful sex reassignment treatment of a minor" classified as a class 3 felony, prohibiting health care professionals from knowingly administering drugs, hormones, or performing surgical procedures to facilitate sex reassignment in minors under 18 years old.
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Exempts treatment of minors with physical disorders of sex development from the prohibition.
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Defines "sex reassignment surgical procedure" to include mastectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, vasectomy, orchiectomy, penectomy, and vaginoplasty.
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Requires professional disciplinary action against dentists, physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, optometrists, and podiatrists convicted of this offense, including convictions involving guilty pleas or deferred sentences.
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Applies to offenses committed on or after the effective date and may require a five-year appropriation for potential increased state correctional facility costs.
Legislative Description
Protect Minors From Mutilation And Sterilization
Last Action
House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
2/13/2020