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WV HB4922

HEALTHCAREFAILED

Establish cause of action upon violation of prohibition of providing gender reassignment or gender altering medication to minor

The purpose of this bill is to establish a cause of action upon violation of prohibition of providing gender reassignment or gender altering medication to a minor.

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A physician may not provide irreversible gender reassignment surgery or gender altering medication to a person who is under eighteen years of age. A civil cause of action is hereby expressly established when a parent, or legal guardian, is psychologically, emotionally, financially, or physically harmed, or experiences a loss of parental consortium, that are caused by a physician’s violation of the provisions of this section of the code.

Legislative Session

inactive

2024 Regular Session

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History

DateAction
2024-01-19To House Health and Human Resources
2024-01-19Introduced in House
2024-01-19To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2024-01-19Filed for introduction