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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Bill Restricts Gender Transition Treatments for Minors and Imposes Civil Liability and License Revocation on Providers
Last action · February 20, 2025: Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
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What This Bill Would Do
Kansas House Bill 2071 prohibits healthcare providers from performing certain surgeries or prescribing specific medications to minors for gender transition purposes, revokes medical licenses for violations, and establishes a civil cause of action. The measure also restricts the use of state funds and facilities for gender transitioning services and excludes related damages from professional liability insurance coverage.
Minors seeking gender transition treatments, their parents, and licensed healthcare providers face new legal prohibitions, civil liabilities up to 10 years after the patient turns 18, and mandatory medical license revocation for providers who perform restricted procedures.
- State legislatures across the country have increasingly introduced and passed bills restricting gender-affirming medical care for minors. context
- The bill failed to pass during the legislative session after being stricken from the calendar by rule. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Healthcare providers
Providers are prohibited from performing specific transition-related treatments on minors, face mandatory license revocation for violations, and are held strictly liable for civil damages.
Minors under 18
Minors are prohibited from receiving specified surgical and pharmaceutical gender transition treatments and gain a private cause of action through parents or upon turning 18.
Parents and legal guardians
Parents are authorized to file a private cause of action against healthcare providers who violate the treatment restrictions.
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Procedural history
5 actions- Feb 20, 2025HouseStricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
- Jan 30, 2025HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Jan 28, 2025HouseHearing: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N
- Jan 23, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Jan 23, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Health and Human Services
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Creation of Strict Civil Liability and Insurance Ban
The bill couples professional license revocation with a 10-year post-majority civil liability window and expressly bars professional liability insurance from covering those damages.
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www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy95Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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