Text of OK SB 676 (2021)

Crime and punishment; providing definition; providing certain penalty. Effective date.

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Req. No. 1180 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) SENATE BILL 676 By: Hamilton AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to crime and punishment; making certain medical treatment unlawful; providing definition; providing for certain penalty; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 761 of Title 21, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. It shall be unlawful for a person under the age of twenty- one (21) years to undergo gender reassignment medical treatment in this state. B. It shall be unlawful for a parent, guardian or other person in this state having charge, control or custody of a child under the age of eighteen (18) years to obtain gender reassignment medical treatment for the child. C. It shall be unlawful for a health care professional to intentionally perform gender reassignment medical treatment on a person who is under the age of twenty-one (21) years. Req. No. 1180 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 D. “Gender reassignment medical treatment” means any health care to facilitate the transitioning of a patient’s assigned gender identity on the patient’s birth certificate, to the gender identity experienced and defined by the patient. The term shall include, but not be limited to: 1. Medical procedures to suppress the development of endogenous secondary sex characteristics; 2. Medical procedures to align the patient’s appearance or physical body with the patient’s gender identity. This does not include clothing, hairstyles, the use of makeup or other non- permanent actions of the patient; and 3. Medical procedures to alleviate the symptoms of clinically significant distress resulting from gender dysphoria, as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition. The term does not include behavioral health care services, such as mental health counseling. E. Any person guilty of the provisions of subsection A, B or C shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less than three (3) years nor more than life and a fine of not more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. 58-1-1180 BG 1/21/2021 11:31:29 AM