Text of WY SF 98 (2024)
Statute of limitations-medical procedures on minors.
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STATE OF WYOMING
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SF0098
SENATE FILE NO. SF0098
Statute of limitations-medical procedures on minors.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Bouchard, Biteman, Boner, Brennan,
Dockstader, French, Hicks, Hutchings, Ide,
Kinskey,
Kolb,
Laursen,
D,
McKeown
and
Steinmetz
and
Representative(s)
Andrew,
Davis,
Heiner,
Hornok,
Jennings,
Knapp,
Locke, Niemiec, Ottman, Pendergraft, Penn,
Rodriguez-Williams, Slagle, Strock, Styvar,
Trujillo and Winter
A BILL
for
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AN ACT relating to civil procedure; extending the statute
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of limitations for causes of action for gender transition
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services
performed
on
minors;
providing
definitions;
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specifying applicability; and providing for an effective
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date.
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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Section 1. W.S. 1-3-105 by creating a new subsection
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(c) is amended to read:
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1-3-105. Actions
other
than
recovery
of
real
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property.
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(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section or
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W.S. 1-3-107, a civil action based upon an act, error or
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omission against a minor in the provision of gender
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transition services shall be brought not later than the
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minor's
twenty-first
birthday.
For
purposes
of
this
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subsection:
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(i) "Cross-sex
hormones"
means
testosterone,
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estrogen or progesterone given to a person in an amount
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greater than would normally be produced endogenously in a
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healthy person of that person's age and sex;
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(ii) "Gender"
means
the
psychological,
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behavioral, social and cultural aspects of being male or
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female;
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(iii) "Gender reassignment surgery" means any
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medical or surgical service that seeks to surgically alter
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or remove healthy physical or anatomical characteristics or
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features that are typical for the person's sex, in order to
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instill
or
create
physiological
or
anatomical
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characteristics that resemble a sex different from the
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person's sex, including without limitation, genital or
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nongenital gender reassignment surgery performed for the
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purpose of assisting a person with a gender transition;
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(iv) "Gender transition" means the process in
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which a person goes from identifying with and living as a
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gender that corresponds to his sex to identifying with and
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living as a gender different from his sex, and may involve
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social, legal or physical changes;
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(v) "Gender
transition
service"
means
any
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medical or surgical service, including without limitation
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physician's services, inpatient and outpatient hospital
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services, puberty-blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones or
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genital or nongenital gender reassignment surgery, provided
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or performed for the purpose of assisting a person with a
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physical gender transition;
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(vi) "Genital gender reassignment surgery" means
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a medical procedure performed for the purpose of assisting
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a person with a physical gender transition, including
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without limitation:
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(A) Surgical
procedures
such
as
a
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penectomy, orchiectomy, vaginoplasty, clitoroplasty, or
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vulvoplasty for biologically male patients; or
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(B) Surgical
procedures
such
as
a
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hysterectomy, oophorectomy, reconstruction of the urethra,
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metoidioplasty or phalloplasty, vaginectomy, scrotoplasty,
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or implantation of erection or testicular prostheses for
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biologically female patients.
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(vii) "Nongenital gender reassignment surgery"
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means medical procedures performed for the purpose of
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assisting a person with a physical gender transition,
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including without limitation:
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(A) Surgical procedures for biologically
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male patients, such as augmentation mammoplasty, facial
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feminization
surgery,
liposuction,
lipofilling,
voice
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surgery, thyroid cartilage reduction, gluteal augmentation,
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hair reconstruction or various aesthetic procedures; or
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(B) Surgical procedures for biologically
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female patients, such as subcutaneous mastectomy, voice
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surgery, liposuction, lipofilling, pectoral implants or
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various aesthetic procedures.
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(viii) "Puberty-blocking
drugs"
means
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gonadotropin releasing hormone analogues or other synthetic
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drugs used to stop luteinizing hormone and follicle
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stimulating hormone secretion, synthetic antiandrogen drugs
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used to block the androgen receptor, or any drug to
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suppress or delay normal pubertal development in children;
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(ix) "Sex" means the biological indication of
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male and female in the context of reproductive potential or
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capacity, such as sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex
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hormones, gonads and nonambiguous internal and external
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genitalia present at birth, without regard to a person's
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psychological, chosen or subjective experience of gender.
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Section 2. This act applies to causes of action
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arising on and after July 1, 2024.
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Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2024.
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