Transgender college athletes bill debated in House committee
The American Medical Association, American Psychological Association and other national physicians’ groups all support age-appropriate and individualized medical treatments for minors experiencing gender dysphoria, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
But the state’s biggest physicians group, the Texas Medical Association, has taken a neutral stance on the legislation and urged legislators to make key changes to it. The group’s position remained unchanged this week, its spokesman confirmed, afterThe group called for existing patients to be exempted from the bill’s restrictions.
The version under consideration Tuesday allows minors to continue along their treatment path, without switching medications or beginning a new course of care, if they attended 12 or more sessions with a mental health counselor or psychotherapist in the six months prior to June 1 of this year. Doctors would be required to “wean” them off this care “in a manner that is safe and medically appropriate and that minimizes the risk of complications.
If it passes, the bill will need to get one more approval of the Texas Senate before it heads to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature or veto. Abbott, a Republican, has not taken a public stance on this particular bill but last year directed the state’s child protective services agency to
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