AB 400

This bill establishes a civil cause of action against a health care provider who performs a gender transition procedure, as defined in the bill, on an individual who is under 18 years of age and who is injured, including any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological injury, by the gender transition procedure or related treatment or the aftereffects of the gender transition procedure or related treatment. Under the bill, such an action must be commenced before the individual attains the age of 33 years.

The bill provides that it is a defense to an action under the bill if all of the following occur before a health care provider performs a gender transition procedure on an individual who is under 18 years of age:

1. The health care provider documents the individual’s perceived gender or perceived sex for at least two continuous years, and the individual’s perceived gender or perceived sex is invariably inconsistent with the individual’s biological sex throughout the two-year period.

2. To the extent that the individual suffers from a mental health concern, at least one mental health professional and one other health care provider certifies in writing that the gender transition procedure is the only way to treat the mental health concern.

3. At least one mental health professional and one other health care provider certifies in writing that the individual suffers from no other mental health concerns.

4. The health care provider receives the voluntary and informed consent of the individual and the individual’s parent or legal guardian by providing them, both orally and in writing, with a notice, the contents are which are prescribed in the bill, at least 30 days before the first treatment of the gender transition procedure and during every subsequent medical visit for treatment during the following six months.