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MN HF2280

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2023

Primary Sponsor

Leigh Finke

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Origin

House of Representatives

93rd Legislature 2023-2024

AI Summary

  • Establishes the "Gender-Affirming Rights Act" in Minnesota Statutes chapter 145, defining gender-affirming care as services or products prescribed by health care providers to support and affirm an individual's gender identity, including treatment for gender dysphoria.

  • Declares every individual has a fundamental right to make autonomous decisions about their own gender and related gender-affirming health care.

  • Grounds the right to gender-affirming health care in Minnesota Constitutional principles of individual liberty, personal privacy, and equality.

  • Prohibits local units of government from regulating individuals' gender freedom rights in a manner more restrictive than the standards set forth in this section.

  • Takes effect the day following final enactment.

Legislative Description

Gender-Affirming Rights Act created.

Last Action

Author added Smith

3/15/2023

Committee Referrals

Health Finance & Policy3/13/2023
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law3/6/2023
Health Finance & Policy2/27/2023

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