A bill to stop minors from undergoing medical treatment to change genders is headed to the desk of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, the latest effort by Republican state legislators to rein in the rapidly expanding gender-transition field.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Transgender youth in Tennessee would be banned from receiving gender-affirming care under legislation currently headed to the desk of Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who has voiced support for the bill.
“These children do not need these medical procedures to be able to flourish as adults,” said House Majority Leader William Lamberth. Similar bills have advanced in Nebraska, Mississippi, Oklahoma and South Dakota. In Utah, the Republican governor recently signed a transgender medical ban into law. Meanwhile, a federal judge who blocked Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for minors is now considering whether to strike down the law as unconstitutional. A similar ban in Alabama has also been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.
The bill then allows the attorney general to investigate health care providers who may violate the statute, which carries a $25,000 penalty. Tennessee in particular has been caught in the center of the conflict over transgender youth medical care — ever since video surfaced on social media last year of a Nashville doctor touting that gender-affirming procedures are “huge money makers” for hospitals.
The bill, which had passed the state Senate, failed 5-2 in a House committee after lawmakers removed the insurance coverage prohibition.
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