Bill Text: NY A08482 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the department of health to conduct a public information and outreach campaign on medically unnecessary treatments on persons born with intersex traits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-22 - substituted by s8016 [A08482 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08482-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8482

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  treatments  on
          persons born with intersex traits

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (r) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public
     2  health law, as added by a chapter of  the  laws  of  2023  amending  the
     3  public  health  law  relating  to  requiring the department of health to
     4  conduct a public information and outreach campaign on medically unneces-
     5  sary treatments on persons born with intersex traits  or  variations  in
     6  sex  characteristics,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5399
     7  and A.  5627, is amended to read as follows:
     8    (r) The physical, sexual, and psychological  impact  of  [nonemergent]
     9  medical procedures performed on intersex individuals [with variations in
    10  sex  characteristics], including those who have not themselves consented
    11  to the procedure; provided that [such a program shall include  an  advi-
    12  sory council under this section that shall include] the department shall
    13  consult  with  appropriate  stakeholders,  including, but not limited to
    14  intersex persons [themselves], intersex-led organizations,  and  [health
    15  care  providers  with  demonstrated  medical expertise treating intersex
    16  individuals in a manner that respects their bodily integrity  and  self-
    17  determination,  among  others]  their chosen advocates, while developing
    18  this outreach program.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    20  manner  as  a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the public health law
    21  relating to requiring the department  of  health  to  conduct  a  public
    22  information and outreach campaign on medically unnecessary treatments on
    23  persons  born with intersex traits or variations in sex characteristics,
    24  as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  5399  and  A.  5627,  takes
    25  effect.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00423-02-4