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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 388
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2503
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A PERSON'S INTERSEX STATUS OR
CHARACTERISTICS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit discrimination 1
against a person on the basis of such person's intersex status or 2
characteristics, (2) prohibit any licensed health care provider from 3
engaging in medically unnecessary surgeries on an intersex person 4
without such person's consent, and (3) provide for a third option for 5
gender designation on state documentation and personal identification 6
records. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To address the needs of the intersex community who have suffered
from discrimination, unnecessary surgery and inaccurate
documentation of their gender by providing relief from such issues.