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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 786 By: Standridge
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to health care; prohibiti ng physician
66	66	or other healthcare professi onal from providing
67	67	certain services to minor; authorizing certain civil
68	68	action; specifying who may bring an action; allowing
69	69	unlimited time period for commencement of an action
70	70	subject to certain conditions; creating certain
71	71	rebuttable presumption; provid ing for dismissal of
72	72	cause of action under certain condition; authorizing
73	73	award of certain dama ges or relief; providing for
74	74	recovery of court costs and reasonable attorney fees;
75	75	providing for codification; and provi ding an
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
82	82	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
83	83	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2607.1 of Title 63, unless there
84	84	is created a duplicat ion in numbering, reads as follows:
85	85	A. A physician or other healthcare professional shal l not
86	86	provide to any individual under eighteen (18) years of age:
87	87	1. Hormone therapy; or
88	88	2. Puberty blocking drugs, unless such drugs are medically
89	89	necessary. For the purpose of this paragraph, a gender transition
90	90	shall not constitute medical necessity.
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142	142	B. A person may bring an action against a physician or other
143	143	healthcare professional who provided hormone therapy to the person
144	144	or prescribed to the person a puberty blocking drug if the hormone
145	145	therapy or puberty blocking drug caused the person to not be able to
146	146	enjoy the natural reproductivity functions of child bearing and
147	147	rearing that the person would have enjoyed if not for the hormone
148	148	therapy or puberty blocking drug.
149	149	C. If the person is under eighteen (18) years of age, he or she
150	150	may bring an action throughout their minority through a parent or
151	151	legal guardian, and may bring an action in their o wn name upon
152	152	reaching majority.
153	153	D. 1. Notwithstanding any othe r provision of law, there shall
154	154	be no time limitation for the commencement of a n action brought
155	155	under this section except as provided by this subsection.
156	156	2. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the plaintiff ,
157	157	based solely on his or her age, would be c apable of bearing children
158	158	if not for the hormone therapy or puberty blocking drug .
159	159	3. If the presumption described in paragraph 2 of this
160	160	subsection is successfully rebutted, the court shall dismiss the
161	161	cause of action.
162	162	E. A plaintiff who establishes a violation of subsection A of
163	163	this section and who can show that he or she has suffered ha rm as
164	164	described in subsection B of this section may be granted:
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216	216	1. Compensatory damages appropriate to the loss of natural
217	217	reproductivity functions as described in su bsection B of this
218	218	section;
219	219	2. Punitive damages; or
220	220	3. Any other appropriate relief.
221	221	F. A plaintiff who establishes a violation of subsection A of
222	222	this act and who can show that he or she has suffered harm as
223	223	described in subsection B of this section shall recover court costs
224	224	and reasonable attorney fees.
225	225	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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