Bill > HB336

This bill creates several new provisions related to gender identity and transgender healthcare for minors in the state of Kentucky. Firstly, it prohibits medical professionals from performing certain surgeries or prescribing medications to minors with the intent of altering the sex they were assigned at birth. This includes procedures like castration, mastectomy, and puberty-blocking drugs. It provides exceptions for minors born with medically verified disorders of sexual development. Medical professionals found to violate this could face professional discipline and civil lawsuits. Secondly, the bill establishes parental rights regarding a child's gender identity or gender dysphoria. It states parents can withhold consent for activities intended to form a child's conceptions of sex or treat gender dysphoria, and government agents cannot encourage minors to withhold this information from parents. Lastly, the bill creates employment protections for public employees who express opinions about gender identity or gender dysphoria, prohibiting their employers from subjecting them to reprisal or discrimination.

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb336.html