1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; prohibiting therapies and procedures performed for the treatment 
1.3 	of gender dysphoria in minors; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 145.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [145.4225] PROHIBITED TREATMENTS FOR GENDER DYSPHORIA 
1.7 	IN MINORS.
1.8 	(a) All licensed or regulated health care providers are prohibited from the following 
1.9 	when treating gender dysphoria in minors:
1.10 	(1) performing or assisting with sex reassignment surgery or any other surgical procedures 
1.11 	that alters primary or secondary sexual characteristics; and
1.12 	(2) prescribing, dispensing, or administering puberty blocking hormones or hormone 
1.13 	antagonist therapies.
1.14 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a licensed or regulated health care provider may 
1.15 	continue the prescription, dispensation, or administration for puberty blocking hormones 
1.16 	or hormone antagonist therapies for a minor who is receiving such treatment prior to the 
1.17 	effective date of this act.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.