HB2071

Enacting the help not harm act to restrict the use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibit healthcare providers from providing gender transition whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child's sex, authorize a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for providing such treatments, require professional discipline against a healthcare provider who performs such treatment and prohibit 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.

Introduced·1/23/25

Kansas HB2071, the Help Not Harm Act, restricts gender transition treatments for minors, including surgeries and hormone therapies, and limits state.

Kansas HB2071, known as the Help Not Harm Act, aims to restrict the use of state funds to promote gender transition treatments for minors. The act prohibits healthcare providers from performing certain surgical procedures or prescribing specific medications to minors for gender transition purposes. It also authorizes a civil cause of action against healthcare providers who provide such treatments, mandates professional discipline for those who do, and prohibits professional liability insurance from covering damages for such treatments.

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Calendar

Jan 28, 2025

1:30 PM

House Health and Human Services Hearing

History

Feb 20, 2025

House

House Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507

Jan 30, 2025

House

House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services

Jan 28, 2025

House

House Hearing: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 112-N