Bill Text: SC S1062 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: State funds may not pay for prisoner sexual reassignment surgery
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-15 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [S1062 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2011-S1062-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 3, TITLE 24 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE STATE PRISON SYSTEM, BY ADDING SECTION 24-3-83 TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FROM USING STATE FUNDS OR STATE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE A PRISONER WITH SEXUAL REASSIGNMENT SURGERY OR HORMONAL THERAPY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 3, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 24-3-83. (A) Definitions:
(1) 'Sexual reassignment surgery' means a surgical procedure to alter a person's physical appearance so that the person appears more like the opposite gender.
(2) 'Hormonal therapy' means the use of hormones to stimulate the development or alteration of a person's sexual characteristics in order to alter the person's physical appearance so that the person appears more like the opposite gender.
(B) The Department of Corrections is prohibited from using state funds or state resources to provide a prisoner in the state prison system sexual reassignment surgery or hormonal therapy."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
