Text of MN SF 5043 (2026)
Statute of limitations elimination for causes of action on gender-affirming care for minor children
Legislative text is a public record. Where LegiScan supplied it, the CC BY 4.0 credit applies.
Source: LegiScan. Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative. License: CC BY 4.0(opens another site). Source page(opens another site)
As introduced
2,477 characters
1.1
A bill for an act
1.2
relating to civil actions; eliminating the statute of limitations for causes of action
1.3
on gender-affirming care for minor children; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
1.4
section 541.076.
1.5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 541.076, is amended to read:
1.7
541.076 HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ACTIONS.
1.8
Subdivision 1. Statute of limitations. (a) For purposes of this section, "health care
1.9
provider" means a physician, surgeon, dentist, occupational therapist, other health care
1.10
professionals as defined in section 145.61, hospital, or treatment facility.
1.11
(b) An action by a patient or former patient against a health care provider alleging
1.12
malpractice, error, mistake, or failure to cure, whether based on a contract or tort, must be
1.13
commenced within four years from the date the cause of action accrued.
1.14
(c) A counterclaim may be pleaded as a defense to any action for services brought by a
1.15
health care provider after the limitations described in this section, notwithstanding it is
1.16
barred by the provisions of this chapter, if the counterclaim belonged to the party pleading
1.17
it at the time it became barred and was not barred at the time the claim sued on originated,
1.18
but no judgment on the counterclaim except for costs can be rendered in favor of the party
1.19
so pleading it.
1.20
Subd. 2. Exception; gender-affirming care; minor child. Notwithstanding subdivision
1.21
1, a cause of action involving gender-affirming care for a minor child is not subject to the
1.22
statute of limitations in subdivision 1, paragraph (b). For purposes of this subdivision,
1
Section 1.
26-07369
as introduced
03/11/26
REVISOR
SGS/MG
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 5043
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: GREEN)
OFFICIAL STATUS
D-PG
DATE
Introduction and first reading
04/09/2026
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
2.1
"gender-affirming care" means any medical or surgical intervention, including but not
2.2
limited to hormone therapy, puberty blockers, or gender reassignment surgery intended to
2.3
affirm an individual's perceived gender identity when it differs from the individual's
2.4
biological sex as determined at birth.
2
Section 1.
26-07369
as introduced
03/11/26
REVISOR
SGS/MG