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A07527 Summary:

BILL NOA07527A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08278
 
SPONSORSeawright
 
COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Dickens, Simon, Gallagher, Kelles, Rosenthal L, Forrest
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §207, Pub Health L
 
Requires the department of health to conduct a public information and outreach campaign on medically unnecessary treatments on persons born with intersex traits or variations in sex characteristics.
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A07527 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7527--A
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 13, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to requiring the
          department of health to conduct  a  public  information  and  outreach
          campaign  on  medically  unnecessary  treatments  on persons born with
          intersex traits or variations in sex characteristics
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.   Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (q) to read as follows:
     3    (q) The physical, sexual,  and  psychological  impact  of  nonemergent
     4  medical procedures performed on individuals with variations in sex char-
     5  acteristics who have not themselves consented to the procedure; provided
     6  that such a program shall include an advisory council under this section
     7  that  shall  include intersex persons themselves, intersex-led organiza-
     8  tions, and health care providers  with  demonstrated  medical  expertise
     9  treating  intersex  individuals  in  a manner that respects their bodily
    10  integrity and self-determination, among others.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11226-03-1
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