88R10943 EAS-D
By: Bumgarner H.B. No. 2116
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to psychological evaluations before the provision of
gender reassignment treatments and procedures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter X to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER X. PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION REQUIRED FOR GENDER
REASSIGNMENT TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES
Sec. 161.701. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Gender reassignment treatment or procedure"
means a medical treatment or procedure provided or performed for
the purpose of altering an individual's primary or secondary sex
characteristics.
(2) "Health care provider" means an individual who is
licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by this state's laws
to provide or render health care or to dispense or prescribe a
prescription drug in the ordinary course of business or practice of
a profession.
Sec. 161.702. PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED FOR
GENDER REASSIGNMENT TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES. A health care
provider may not provide or perform a gender reassignment treatment
or procedure unless the person receiving the gender reassignment
treatment or procedure has undergone a psychological examination by
a psychologist licensed in this state.
SECTION 2. Subchapter X, Chapter 161, Health and Safety
Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a gender reassignment
treatment or procedure that is provided or performed on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.