Bill > HB3130

This bill expands existing law to prohibit health care providers from performing, attempting to perform, or referring a child (defined as anyone under 18) for gender transition procedures, which are defined as medical or surgical services aimed at affirming a minor's perception of their gender if it differs from their biological sex, including surgeries and puberty-blocking or hormone drugs. The bill clarifies that these procedures do not include treatments for certain DSDs (disorders of sex development), infections, injuries, or life-threatening conditions, and it removes exceptions for mental health counseling and for minors already receiving such treatments as of May 1, 2023, except for a limited six-month period to gradually discontinue use. Furthermore, the bill makes it illegal for any person to knowingly aid or abet such procedures on a child, removes limitations on punitive damages that can be awarded in civil lawsuits brought by a child or their guardian against a health care provider who violates these provisions, and exempts employees who violate these rules from the immunity protections typically provided by The Governmental Tort Claims Act, meaning they can be personally sued.

Government Affairs, Health and Social Services

http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb3130&Session=2600