ON APRIL 4, 2024, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2861, AS AMENDED.
AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, prohibit the department of correction ("department") from using state funds (i) to administer hormone replacement therapy to state inmates incarcerated in a state penitentiary or a county jail or workhouse; however, this provision does not apply to state inmates receiving hormone replacement therapy prior to the effective date of the bill; or (ii) for sex reassignment surgery for state inmates incarcerated in a state penitentiary or a county jail or workhouse.
This amendment establishes that (i) and (ii) above do not prohibit the department from administering psychotropic medication to state inmates incarcerated in a state penitentiary or a county jail or workhouse if deemed necessary by trained medical personnel.
For purposes of this amendment, "psychotropic medications" means medication used for antipsychotic, antidepressant, antimanic, antianxiety, behavioral modification, or behavioral management purposes, as listed in the Physician's Desk Reference, or where there is a body of peer-reviewed medical literature supporting its use.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 40-36-105
Amended with SA0762 -- 04/04/2024: 40-36-105, 41-1-408