1| SENATE FLOOR VERSION | | March 1, 2023 | 2| | | | 3|COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE | |FOR | 4|SENATE BILL NO. 129 By: Bullard, Hamilton, Woods, | | Burns, Jett, and Stephens | 5| | | | 6| | | | 7| [ health care - public funds, public facilities, and | | public employees - codification - effective date - | 8| emergency ] | | | 9| | | | 10|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 11| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 12|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2607.2 of Title 63, unless there | | | 13|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 14| A. As used in this section: | | | 15| 1. a. "Gender transition procedures" means any medical or | | | 16| surgical treatment including but not limited to | | | 17| physician's services, inpatient and outpatient | | | 18| hospital services, or prescribed drugs related to | | | 19| gender transition that seeks to: | | | 20| (1) alter or remove physical or anatomical | | | 21| characteristics or features that are typical for | | | 22| the individual's biological sex, or | | | 23| (2) instill or create physiological or anatomical | | | 24| characteristics that resemble a sex different | | | arsid4547732 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB129 SFLR Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| from the individual's biological sex, including | | | 2| but not limited to medical services that provide | | | 3| puberty-blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones, or | | | 4| other mechanisms to promote the development of | | | 5| feminizing or masculinizing features in the | | | 6| opposite biological sex, or genital or nongenital | | | 7| gender reassignment surgery performed for the | | | 8| purpose of assisting an individual with a gender | | | 9| transition. | | | 10| b. Gender transition procedures do not include: | | | 11| (1) behavioral health care services or mental health | | | 12| counseling, | | | 13| (2) medications to treat depression and anxiety, | | | 14| (3) medications prescribed, dispensed, or | | | 15| administered specifically for the purpose of | | | 16| treating precocious puberty or delayed puberty in | | | 17| that patient, | | | 18| (4) services provided to individuals born with | | | 19| ambiguous genitalia, incomplete genitalia, or | | | 20| both male and female anatomy, or biochemically | | | 21| verifiable disorder of sex development (DSD), | | | 22| including but not limited to: | | | 23| (a) 46,XX DSD, | | | 24| (b) 46,XY DSD, | | | arsid4547732 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB129 SFLR Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| (c) sex chromosomes DSDs, | | | 2| (d) XX or XY sex reversal, and | | | 3| (e) ovotesticular disorder, or | | | 4| (5) the treatment of any infection, injury, disease, | | | 5| or disorder that has been caused by or | | | 6| exacerbated by the performance of gender | | | 7| transition procedures, whether or not the gender | | | 8| transition procedure was performed in accordance | | | 9| with state and federal law; | | | 10| 2. "Health care provider" means a physician, physician | | | 11|assistant, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, or any other person | | | 12|who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of | | | 13|this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the | | | 14|practice of his or her profession; and | | | 15| 3. "Public funds" means state funds from any source including | | | 16|but not limited to appropriations, apportionments, or revenue | | | 17|generated by state agencies through fines, fees, or any other means. | | | 18| B. Public funds shall not be directly or indirectly used, | | | 19|granted, paid, or distributed to any entity, organization, health | | | 20|care provider, or individual that provides or refers for gender | | | 21|transition procedures. | | | 22| C. Gender transition procedures shall not be provided or | | | 23|referred for in the following situations: | | | 24| | | | arsid4547732 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB129 SFLR Page 3 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 1. By or in a health care facility owned by the state or a | | | 2|county or local government; or | | | 3| 2. By a health care provider employed by the state or a county | | | 4|or local government. | | | 5| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 6| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 7|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 8|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 9|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 10|COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS | |March 1, 2023 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | arsid4547732 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB129 SFLR Page 4