Bill

SB 1311

87(R) - 2021
Senate State Affairs
Senate State Affairs
Insurance
Safety
Diseases
Medical conditions
Health

Contact the Author

Bob Hall

Phone:

512-463-0102

Capitol Office:

E1.610

Email:

Vote Recommendation

Yes
  • Neutral
  • Neutral
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Neutral

Author(s)

Bob Hall

Bill Caption

Relating to the provision of and professional liability insurance coverage for gender transitioning or gender reassignment medical procedures and treatments for certain children. 

Fiscal Notes

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. 

Bill Analysis

SB 1311 would prohibit a physician from performing a surgery that sterilizes a child, performing a mastectomy on a child,  prescribing, administering, or supplying medication that would induce transient or permanent infertility, or removing any otherwise healthy body parts or tissue. These actions would not be allowed for the purpose of transitioning a child's biological sex to match a perception of sex that is inconsistent with the child's biological sex. 

SB 1311 would make exceptions for necessary gender reassignment procedures for children who are born with a medically verified genetic disorder or do not have the normal sex chromosome structure. 

SB 1311 would allow the Medical Board to provide disciplinary actions against physicians who perform such procedures. SB 1311 would further prevent liability insurance policies from covering damages assessed against a physician or health care provider who provides a child gender transitioning or gender reassignment procedures. 

Vote Recommendation Notes

SB 1311 seeks to protect children from the effects of life-altering decisions that would permanently and irrevocably change the structure of their body, the path of their puberty, and their long-term health. Protecting children from the effects of these life-altering decisions is consistent with limited government in the same way, and for the same reasons, that it is consistent with limited government to hold children to a different legal standard than adults and to prohibit them from buying certain products. Texas Action supports SB 1311. 

Contact the Author

Bob Hall

Phone:

512-463-0102

Capitol Office:

E1.610

Email: