Virginia Senate Bill 1203 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-02 - Incorporated by Education and Health
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Children Deserve Help Not Harm Act established; health benefit plans; coverage for gender transition procedures. Creates the Children Deserve Help Not Harm Act, which prohibits gender transition procedures, defined in the bill, for individuals younger than 18 years of age and prohibits the use of public funds for gender transition procedures for individuals younger than 18 years of age. The bill establishes enforcement procedures for violations of the Act. The bill provides that a health benefit plan providing health care coverage in the Commonwealth is prohibited from providing coverage for gender transition procedures for individuals younger than 18 years of age and is not required to provide coverage for gender transition procedures for individuals 18 years of age or older. Children Deserve Help Not Harm Act established; health benefit plans; coverage for gender transition procedures. Creates the Children Deserve Help Not Harm Act, which prohibits gender transition procedures, defined in the bill, for individuals younger than 18 years of age and prohibits the use of public funds for gender transition procedures for individuals younger than 18 years of age. The bill establishes enforcement procedures for violations of the Act. The bill provides that a health benefit plan providing health care coverage in the Commonwealth is prohibited from providing coverage for gender transition procedures for individuals younger than 18 years of age and is not required to provide coverage for gender transition procedures for individuals 18 years of age or older.

Children Deserve Help Not Harm Act; established, health benefit plans, etc.

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]

2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-02	Senate	Incorporated by Education and Health
2023-01-27	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103055D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	376	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	379	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3449.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1203
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1203+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1203F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0110+SB1203