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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 788 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 a nd reasonable attorney fees;
75	75	creating certain criminal offense and penalty;
76	76	providing for codification; and providing an
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83	83	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
84	84	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
85	85	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2607.3 of Title 63, unless there
86	86	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
87	87	A. A parent or legal guardian shall not consent , on behalf of
88	88	any individual under eighteen (18) years of age for whom the parent
89	89	or legal guardian has the authority to make medical decisions, to
90	90	the provision of the following treatments by a physician or other
91	91	healthcare professional :
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143	143	1. Hormone therapy; or
144	144	2. Puberty blocking drugs, unless such drugs are medically
145	145	necessary. For the purpose of this paragraph, a gender transition
146	146	shall not constitute medical necessity.
147	147	B. If a person received hormone therapy or a puberty blocking
148	148	drug while such person was under eighteen (18) years of age and if
149	149	the hormone therapy or puberty blocking drug caused the person to
150	150	not be able to enjoy the natural reproductivity functions of child
151	151	bearing and rearing that the person would have enjoyed if not for
152	152	the hormone therapy or puberty blocking drug , the person may bring
153	153	an action against his or her parent or legal guardian who consented
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156	156	C. If the person is under eighteen (18) years of age, he or she
157	157	may bring an action:
158	158	1. Throughout their minority through a parent or legal
159	159	guardian, provided that the parent or le gal guardian is not the same
160	160	parent or legal guardian who consented t o hormone therapy or a
161	161	puberty blocking drug on behalf of the minor; and
162	162	2. In their own name upon reaching majority .
163	163	D. 1. Notwithstanding any othe r provision of law, there shall
164	164	be no time limitation for the commencemen t of an action brought
165	165	under this section except as provided by this subsection.
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217	217	2. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the plaintiff ,
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219	219	if not for the hormone therapy or puberty blocking drug.
220	220	3. If the presumption described in paragraph 2 of this
221	221	subsection is successfully rebutted, the court shall dismiss the
222	222	cause of action.
223	223	E. A plaintiff who establishes a viol ation of subsection A of
224	224	this section and who can show that he or she has suffered harm as
225	225	described in subsection B of this section may be granted:
226	226	1. Compensatory damages appropriate to the loss of natural
227	227	reproductivity functions as described in subsection B of this
228	228	section;
229	229	2. Punitive damages; or
230	230	3. Any other appropriate relief.
231	231	F. A plaintiff who establishes a violation of subsection A of
232	232	this act and who can show that he or she has suffered harm as
233	233	described in subsection B of this section shall recover court costs
234	234	and reasonable attorney fees.
235	235	G. In addition to the other remedies provided by this
236	236	subsection, a parent or legal guardian found to have violated
237	237	subsection A of this section, in cases where there are potentially
238	238	grave long-term effects on the child, shall, upon conviction, be
239	239	guilty of child abuse punishable as provided in Section 843.5 of
240	240	Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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292	292	SECTION 2. This act shall become effec tive November 1, 2023.
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