Text of MO HB 1721 (2020)
Prohibits medical providers from administering any medical or surgical treatment for the purpose of gender reassignment for anyone under the age of eighteen.
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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1721
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHNELTING.
3416H.01I
DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to transition-related
care for children under eighteen years of age, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 191, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
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known as section 191.1180, to read as follows:
191.1180. 1. Any physician or surgeon licensed under chapter 334, any person
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licensed to practice professional or practical nursing under chapter 335, or any other
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health personnel licensed by a state licensing board in this state shall be prohibited from
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administering puberty blockers, prescribing hormone therapy, performing a vaginoplasty,
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orchiectomy, metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, or hysterectomy, or performing other genital
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or hormonal interventions for the purpose of gender reassignment for a child. As used in
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this section, "child" means a person under eighteen years of age.
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2. Any licensed physician or surgeon, any person licensed to practice professional
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or practical nursing, or any other licensed health personnel who willfully and knowingly
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does or assists any prohibited action under subsection 1 of this section shall be subject to
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having his or her license, application for license, or authority to practice his or her
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profession as a physician, surgeon, nurse, or other health personnel in the state of Missouri
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rejected or revoked by the appropriate state licensing board.
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3. A parent, guardian, or other person in this state having charge, control, or
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custody of a child shall be reported to the children's division in accordance with the
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provisions of sections 210.109 to 210.183 if he or she obtains medical or surgical treatment
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prohibited under subsection 1 of this section for his or her child.
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EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.