1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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3 SENATE BILL 583 By: Dahm
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to health services for minors;
7 prohibiting certain medical treatment for minors;
8 providing penalty; defining term; providing for
8 codification; and providing an effective date.
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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13 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2607 of Title 63, unless there
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14 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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15 A. A person under the age of eighteen (18) years is prohibited
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16 from undergoing gender reassignment medical treatment in this state.
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17 B. A health care professional who intentionally performs gender
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18 reassignment medical treatment on a person who is under the age of
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19 eighteen (18) years is subject to professional discipline by the
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20 State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, the State Board of
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21 Osteopathic Examiners or the applicable health care professional
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22 licensing board, up to and including suspension or revocation of any
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23 license or certification required to practice.
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 1 C. “Gender reassignment medical treatment” means any health
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2 care to facilitate the transitioning of a patient’s assigned gender
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3 identity on the patient’s birth certificate, to the gender identity
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4 experienced and defined by the patient. The term shall include, but
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5 not be limited to:
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6 1. Interventions to suppress the development of endogenous
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7 secondary sex characteristics;
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8 2. Interventions to align the patient’s appearance or physical
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9 body with the patient’s gender identity; and
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10 3. Interventions to alleviate symptoms of clinically
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11 significant distress resulting from gender dysphoria, as defined in
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12 the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th
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13 Edition. The term does not include behavioral health care services,
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14 such as mental health counseling or medications to treat depression,
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15 anxiety or similar disorders provided, the medication does not have
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16 long-term altering effects on the gender of a minor.
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17 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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19 58-1-1303 DC 1/20/2021 7:38:55 PM
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