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SB63: Enacting the help not harm act, restricting use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibiting healthcare providers from providing gender transition care to children whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child's sex, authorizing a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for providing such treatments, requiring professional discipline against a healthcare provider who performs such treatment, prohibiting professional liability insurance from covering damages for healthcare providers that provide gender transition treatment to children and adding violation of the act to the definition of unprofessional conduct for physicians.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill restricts state funds from being used for gender transition services and prohibits healthcare providers from providing these services to children whose gender identity does not match their biological sex. It also allows for civil lawsuits against healthcare providers who provide these services.

Who This Affects

Children in Kansas who are transgender or questioning their gender identity will be directly affected by this bill, as they may no longer have access to necessary medical care and support.

Key Provisions

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Timeline

Introduced

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Last Action

House Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 85 Nay: 34

Feb 17, 2025

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