Kansas House approves SB 63, ‘Help Not Harm’ restrictions on gender-related care for minors

The Kansas House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 63, known as the "Help Not Harm Act," prohibiting certain gender-transition treatments for minors and authorizing civil and professional penalties for health-care providers; the measure passed by a vote of 83-35.

Supporters and opponents framed the bill as a child-protection measure or as harmful government overreach. The bill’s text, as read into the record, prohibits health-care providers from treating a child whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child’s [as described in the bill], authorizes a civil cause of action against providers who give such treatments, restricts use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, limits professional liability coverage for providers who provide gender-transition treatment to…