Text of IN HB 1525 (2023)
Prohibited health care for minors.
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HOUSE BILL No. 1525
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 16-18-2; IC 16-35-12.
Synopsis: Prohibited health care for minors. Prohibits specified health
care professionals from: (1) performing certain medical procedures on
a minor; or (2) prescribing, administering, or furnishing certain drugs
to a minor; that purposely attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a
minor's perception of the minor's own sexual attraction or sexual
behavior, or attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a minor's gender
identity when the identity is inconsistent with the minor's biological
sex.
Effective: July 1, 2023.
Borders
January 19, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
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First Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2023)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1525
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
health.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
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SECTION 1. IC 16-18-2-162, AS AMENDED BY P.L.212-2005,
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SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
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JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 162. (a) "Health care professional", for purposes
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of IC 16-27-1 and IC 16-27-4, has the meaning set forth in
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IC 16-27-1-1.
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(b) "Health care professional", for purposes of IC 16-27-2, has the
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meaning set forth in IC 16-27-2-1.
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(c) "Health care professional", for purposes of IC 16-35-12, has
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the meaning set forth in IC 16-35-12-1.
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SECTION 2. IC 16-18-2-235 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
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FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 235. "Minor", for
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purposes of IC 16-35-12 and IC 16-36, means an individual who is
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less than eighteen (18) years of age.
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SECTION 3. IC 16-35-12 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
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AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
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JULY 1, 2023]:
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Chapter 12. Prohibited Health Care of Minors
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Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "health care professional" refers
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to the following:
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(1) A physician licensed under IC 25-22.5.
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(2) A nurse, including an advanced practice registered nurse,
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licensed under IC 25-23.
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(3) Any of the behavioral health or human services
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professionals licensed under IC 25-23.6.
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(4) A physician assistant licensed under IC 25-27.5.
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(5) A psychologist licensed under IC 25-33.
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Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "minor" means an individual
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who is less than eighteen (18) years of age.
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Sec. 3. Except as provided in section 5 of this chapter, a health
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care professional may not purposely attempt to change, reinforce,
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or affirm a minor's perception of the minor's own sexual attraction
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or sexual behavior, or attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a
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minor's gender identity when the identity is inconsistent with the
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minor's biological sex, by performing or causing to be performed
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any of the following procedures on the minor:
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(1) Castration.
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(2) Vasectomy.
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(3) Hysterectomy.
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(4) Oophorectomy.
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(5) Metoidioplasty.
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(6) Orchiectomy.
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(7) Penectomy.
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(8) Phalloplasty.
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(9) Urethroplasty.
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(10) Vaginoplasty.
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(11) Mastectomy.
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(12) Lobotomy.
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(13) A surgery to remove a healthy organ or body part.
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Sec. 4. Except as provided in section 5 of this chapter, a health
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care professional may not purposely attempt to change, reinforce,
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or affirm a minor's perception of the minor's own sexual attraction
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or sexual behavior, or attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a
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minor's gender identity when that identity is inconsistent with the
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minor's biological sex, by prescribing, administering, or furnishing
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to:
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(1) the minor a drug to stop or delay puberty;
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(2) a female minor testosterone or estrogen suppressing
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drugs; or
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(3) a male minor estrogen or testosterone suppressing drugs.
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Sec. 5. The prohibitions in sections 3 and 4 of this chapter do not
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apply if either of the following apply:
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(1) The minor has a medically verifiable genetic disorder of
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sex development, including having:
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(A) both ovarian and testicular tissue; or
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(B) external biological characteristics that are ambiguous
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resulting from having a 46,XX karyotype with virilization
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or 46,XY karyotype with undervirilization.
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(2) The minor has an abnormal sex chromosome structure
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that has been diagnosed using genetic testing by a physician
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licensed under IC 25-22.5.
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