SB 480

This bill prohibits health care providers from engaging in, causing the

engagement in, or making referrals for, certain medical intervention practices upon

an individual under 18 years of age if done for the purpose of changing the minor's

body to correspond to a sex that is discordant with the minor's biological sex. The

prohibitions under the bill do not apply to any of the following: 1) a health care

provider providing a service in accordance with a good faith medical decision of a

parent or guardian of a minor born with a medically verifiable genetic disorder of sex

development; 2) the treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or disorder that has

been caused by or exacerbated by the performance of a gender transition medical

procedure, whether or not that procedure was performed in accordance with state

and federal law; or 3) any procedure undertaken because the minor suffers from a

physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a

physician, place the minor in imminent danger of death or impairment of a major

bodily function unless surgery is performed.

Under the bill, the Board of Nursing, the Medical Examining Board, and the

Physician Assistant Affiliated Credentialing Board are required to investigate any

allegation that any person licensed or certified by the respective boards has violated

any of the prohibitions on engaging in, causing the engagement in, or making certain

referrals for the medical intervention practices described in the bill. Upon a finding

by the Board of Nursing, the Medical Examining Board, or the Physician Assistant

Affiliated Credentialing Board that the holder of a license or certificate has violated

any of these prohibitions, the bill requires the Board of Nursing, the Medical

Examining Board, or the Physician Affiliated Credentialing Board to revoke that

person's license or certificate.