Montana HB682: Generally revise laws regarding gender transition treatment

What the bill says

An act generally revising laws related to gender transition treatment; providing a statute of limitations for tort actions involving gender transition treatment on minors; providing for reciprocal coverage of detransition treatment in private insurance and public employee and montana university system insurance plans; providing that detransition treatment be included as a service under medicaid and healthy montana kids in certain situations; amending sections 2-18-704, 27-2-204, 27-2205, 33-31-111, 33-35-306, 53-4-1005, and 53-6-101, mca; and providing effective dates.

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AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO GENDER TRANSITION TREATMENT; PROVIDING A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR TORT ACTIONS INVOLVING GENDER TRANSITION TREATMENT ON MINORS; PROVIDING FOR RECIPROCAL COVERAGE OF DETRANSITION TREATMENT IN PRIVATE INSURANCE AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEE AND MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM INSURANCE PLANS; PROVIDING THAT DETRANSITION TREATMENT BE INCLUDED AS A SERVICE UNDER MEDICAID AND HEALTHY MONTANA KIDS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS; AMENDING SECTIONS 2-18-704, 27-2-204, 27-2205, 33-31-111, 33-35-306, 53-4-1005, AND 53-6-101, MCA; AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES. Section 1. Tort actions -- gender transition treatment for minors. (1) An action brought by a person for damages for injuries suffered from gender transition treatment the person received as a minor must be commenced by the date the person reaches 25 years of age or within 2 years from the time of discovery by the person of both the injury and the causal relationship between the gender transition treatment and the injury, whichever occurs later, except that an action may not be commenced after the person reaches 30 years of age. (2) For the purposes of this section, "gender transition treatment" means the following medical treatments provided: (a) to a female minor to address the minor's perception that her gender or sex is not female: (i) surgical procedures, including a vaginectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, ovariectomy, reconstruction of the urethra, metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, scrotoplasty, implantation of …

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