SB1095

THE CONTEXT: Physicians may not provide irreversible gender reassignment surgery to any individual who is under 18 years old. Irreversible gender reassignment surgery is a medical procedure performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with a gender transition and includes any of the following: 1) penectomy, orchiectomy, vaginoplasty, clitoroplasty or vulvoplasty for biologically male patients or hysterectomy or ovariectomy for biologically female patients; 2) metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, vaginectomy, scrotoplasty or implantation of erection or testicular protheses for biologically female patients; and 3) augmenta...

WHAT THE BILL DID: Effective April 1, 2027, prohibits physicians or other health professionals from providing a gender transition procedure to a person under 18 years old.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to give patients a defined set of rights and a clear informed-consent standard. It would prohibit physicians and other health professionals from: a) providing a gender transition procedure to any individual who is under 18 years old; or b) referring any individual who is under 18 years old to another health professional to receive a gender transition procedure, and would also state that any health professional who provides or makes a referral for a gender transition procedure commits unprofessional conduct subject to discipline by an appropriate licensing entity or regulatory board, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.