Bill > SB1905

This bill, declared an emergency measure, prohibits certain medical procedures and medications associated with gender transition for individuals in Oklahoma, with a specific exception for mental health counseling aimed at aligning a patient with their sex assigned at birth. The bill declares these transgender-associated procedures, medications, treatments, hormones, and pharmaceuticals to be elective, non-medically necessary, experimental, unethical, and recreational, except for the aforementioned counseling. It establishes criminal penalties, including felony charges for violations, and makes physicians or other healthcare providers liable for malpractice and subject to disciplinary action by their respective licensing boards. The Attorney General is authorized to pursue both criminal prosecutions and civil actions to enforce these provisions. Furthermore, the bill prohibits any public or private health insurance plans in the state, including Medicaid and state employee health plans, from covering or reimbursing these procedures and medications, except for the permitted mental health counseling. State agencies are also forbidden from providing any funding to individuals or entities that offer these prohibited transgender-associated services.

Health and Social Services

http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=sb1905&Session=2600