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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8278
IN SENATE
February 8, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
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.
LBD11226-04-2
