Arizona SB1015: gender transition procedures; provider liability

What the bill says

An act amending title 12, chapter 5.1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 12-574; relating to health care actions. Section [DELETED: 1.] 1. Title 12, chapter 5.1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 12-574, to liability; waiver of liability prohibited A. A health care professional or physician who provides or who has provided a minor with a gender transition procedure is strictly and personally liable for all costs associated with subsequent detransition procedures sought by the minor within twenty-five years.

From the engrossed text, February 23, 2026:

AN ACT amending title 12, chapter 5.1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 12-574; relating to health care actions. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section [DELETED: 1.] 1. Title 12, chapter 5.1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 12-574, to liability; waiver of liability prohibited A. A health care professional or physician who provides or who has provided a minor with a gender transition procedure is strictly and personally liable for all costs associated with subsequent detransition procedures sought by the minor within twenty-five years after the commencement of a gender transition procedure. B. A person who undergoes a detransition procedure may bring a civil action before the person reaches twenty-six years of age against a health care professional or physician described in subsection A of this section in a court of competent jurisdiction for: 1. The real value of the costs of any detransition procedure. 2. Any other appropriate relief. 3. Attorney fees and costs. C. A health care professional or physician who provides or who has provided a minor with a gender transition procedure is strictly liable to that minor if the treatment or the aftereffects of the treatment, including a subsequent detransition procedure, result in any injury, including physical, psychological, emotional or physiological harms, within twenty-five years after the …

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