1.1.................... moves to amend the ....... amendment (A19-0464) to H.F. No. 2414 as
1.2follows:
1.3Page 18, after line 5, insert:
1.4 "Section 1.
[145.673] GENDER TRANSITION AND RELATED SERVICES FOR
1.5MINORS.
1.6 Subdivision 1. Prohibition. (a) No health care provider shall provide gender transition
1.7medical services to any person under the age of 18. No physician licensed under chapter
1.8147 shall perform gender reassignment surgery on any person under the age of 18.
1.9(b) The prohibition does not apply to the use of puberty blocking drugs when used
for
1.10purposes other than gender transition.
1.11 Subd. 2. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply.
1.12(b) "Gender reassignment surgery" means any surgical procedure that seeks to alter
an
1.13individual's anatomy for the purpose of assisting the individual in creating physical
features
1.14similar to a person of the opposite sex including, without limitation, genital or
non-genital
1.15sex reassignment surgery.
1.16(c) "Gender transition medical services" means any medical or surgical service that
1.17assists an individual in transitioning physically to a sex different from the individual's
birth
1.18sex including, without limitation, medical services that provide: gonadotropin releasing
1.19hormone (GnRH) analogues, or analogous drugs, or other interventions to delay or suppress
1.20pubertal development in children, cross-sex hormones, or other mechanisms, to promote
1.21the development of feminizing or masculinizing features (in the opposite sex), or
genital or
1.22non-genital sex reassignment surgery performed for the purpose of assisting an individual
1.23with a sex transition.
2.1(d) "Genital sex reassignment surgery" means, without limitation, surgical procedures
2.2such as penectomy, orchiectomy, vaginoplasty, clitoroplasty, or vulvoplasty on male
patients
2.3or hysterectomy/ovariectomy, reconstruction of the fixed part of the urethra with
or without
2.4a metoidioplasty or a phalloplasty, vaginectomy, scrotoplasty, or implantation of
erection
2.5and/or testicular prostheses for female patients.
2.6(e) "Health care provider" has the meaning provided in section 62J.03, subdivision
8.
2.7(f) "Non-genital sex reassignment surgery" means, without limitation, surgical procedures
2.8such as augmentation mammoplasty, facial feminization surgery, liposuction, lipofilling,
2.9voice surgery, thyroid cartilage reduction, gluteal augmentation (implants/lipofilling),
hair
2.10reconstruction, or various aesthetic procedures on male patients or subcutaneous mastectomy,
2.11voice surgery, liposuction, lipofilling, pectoral implants, or various aesthetic procedures
on
2.12female patients.
2.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment, except
2.14that this section shall not prohibit: (1) the continuation and completion of a course
of gender
2.15reassignment surgery that began before the effective date of the section; and (2)
the
2.16continuation and completion of gender transition services that were first provided
before
2.17the effective date of this section."
2.18Page 514, after line 7, insert:
2.19 "Sec. 6.
[214.078] PROTECTION FROM CONVERSION THERAPY.
2.20 Subdivision 1. Definition. "Conversion therapy" means any practice by a mental health
2.21practitioner or mental health professional as defined in section 245.462 that seeks
to change
2.22an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, including efforts to change
behaviors
2.23or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or
feelings
2.24toward individuals of the same gender. Conversion therapy does not include counseling
2.25that provides assistance to an individual undergoing gender transition, or counseling
that
2.26provides acceptance, support, and understanding of an individual or facilitates an
individual's
2.27coping, social support, and identity exploration and development, including
2.28sexual-orientation-neutral interventions to prevent or address unlawful conduct or
unsafe
2.29sexual practices, as long as the counseling does not seek to change an individual's
sexual
2.30orientation or gender identity.
2.31 Subd. 2. Prohibition. (a) No mental health practitioner or mental health professional
2.32shall engage in conversion therapy with a client younger than 18 years of age or
with a
2.33vulnerable adult as defined in section 626.5572, subdivision 21.
3.1(b) Conversion therapy attempted by a mental health practitioner or mental health
3.2professional with a client younger than 18 years of age or with vulnerable adults
shall be
3.3considered unprofessional conduct and the mental health practitioner or mental health
3.4professional may be subject to disciplinary action by the licensing board of the mental
health
3.5practitioner or mental health professional.
3.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
3.7Page 535, after line 29, insert:
3.8 "Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.0625, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.9to read:
3.10 Subd. 5m. Conversion therapy. Conversion therapy, as defined in section 214.078, is
3.11not covered."
3.12Page 568, after line 19, insert:
3.13 "Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 325F.69, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.14to read:
3.15 Subd. 7. Advertisement and sales; misrepresentation of conversion therapy. No
3.16person or entity shall, while conducting any trade or commerce, use or employ any
fraud,
3.17false pretense, false promise, false guarantee, misrepresentation, false or misleading
3.18statements, or deceptive practice when advertising or otherwise offering conversion
therapy
3.19services. For purposes of this subdivision, "conversion therapy" means services or
products
3.20that are intended to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity,
including
3.21efforts to change behaviors and gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual
or
3.22romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same gender."
3.23Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.24Amend the title accordingly