Bill > A00041

This bill amends the New York domestic relations law to prohibit courts from making decisions about guardianship, custody, or visitation solely based on a parent or guardian providing or facilitating gender-affirming care for a child. The bill defines "gender affirming care" as a comprehensive range of social, psychological, behavioral, and medical interventions designed to support and affirm a child's gender identity when it differs from the gender they were assigned at birth. Specifically, the legislation prevents courts from using a parent's support of such care as the exclusive reason to grant, deny, or decide custody or visitation petitions. This provision aims to protect parents who are supporting their children's gender identity and ensure that such support cannot be used as a singular basis for legal determinations about parental rights. The bill would take effect immediately upon enactment, providing immediate legal protection for parents providing gender-affirming care to their children.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A41