Bill > HB427

This bill, titled the "Youth Health Protection Act," aims to enhance the protection of minors experiencing distress related to their biological sex by prohibiting health care providers from performing certain gender transition procedures on minors, including irreversible and drastic nongenital gender reassignment surgery and irreversible, permanently sterilizing genital gender reassignment surgery. The bill defines key terms such as "gender," "gender dysphoria," and "gender transition procedures," and outlines enforcement mechanisms, including disciplinary action against health care providers and a private right of action for individuals to seek compensatory damages, injunctive relief, and attorney's fees.

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https://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=427&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211