SB1646 —

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This bill amends 2 section(s) of the Texas statutes: Section 261.001, Family Code, Section 22.041, Penal Code.

• Section 261.001, Family Code

  or → ; or (N) for a person other than a person lawfully discharging his or her duties under a license issued under Chapter 551, Occupations Code: (i) administering or supplying, or consenting to or assisting in the administering or supplying of, a puberty suppression prescription drug or cross-sex hormone to a child, other than an intersex child, for the purpose of gender transitioning or gender reassignment; or (ii) performing or consenting to the performance of surgery or another medical procedure on a child, other than an intersex child, for the purpose of gender transitioning or gender reassignment (3-a) "Intersex child" means a child who is younger than 18 years of age and either: (A) has inborn chromosomal, gonadal, genital, or endocrine characteristics, or a combination of those characteristics, that are not suited to the typical definition of male or female or are atypical for the sex determined; or (B) is considered by a medical professional to have inborn chromosomal, gonadal, genital, or endocrine characteristics that are ambiguous or atypical for the sex determined.

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• Section 22.041, Penal Code

  , "abandon" or → : (1) "Abandon" (2) "Intersex child" means a child who is younger than 15 years of age and either: (A) has inborn chromosomal, gonadal, genital, or endocrine characteristics, or a combination of those characteristics, that are not suited to the typical definition of male or female or are atypical for the sex determined; or (B) is considered by a medical professional to have inborn chromosomal, gonadal, genital, or endocrine characteristics that are ambiguous or atypical for the sex determined. ; (4) the person administers or supplies, or consents to or assists in the administering or supplying of, a puberty suppression prescription drug or cross-sex hormone to a child for the purpose of gender transitioning or gender reassignment; or (5) the person performs or consents to the performance of surgery or another medical procedure on a child for the purpose of gender transitioning or gender reassignment (c-2) The presumptions provided by Subsections (c-1)(4) and (5) do not apply to conduct described by those provisions that: (1) occurs with respect to an intersex child; or (2) is the lawful discharge of the actor's duties under a license issued to the actor under Chapter 551, Occupations Code.

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