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Kansas law restricting gender‑affirming care for minors goes into effect after veto override
Summary
The Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board’s Social Work Advisory Committee discussed the new Help Not Harm Act, which the legislature enacted after overriding the governor’s veto; the law took effect upon publication and committee members said its scope for mental‑health providers is unclear.
The Kansas legislature this month enacted Senate Bill 63, known as the Help Not Harm Act, which restricts use of state funds to promote gender transition and broadly prohibits certain gender‑transition treatments for minors, the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board’s (BSRB) executive director told the Social Work Advisory Committee.
The bill was debated in both chambers and overridden after a gubernatorial veto, and has been published in the Kansas Register. “It was presented to the governor’s office. The governor vetoed the bill. Now on Tuesday, February 18, the Senate overrode the veto on a vote of 31 to 9 and the House overrode the veto on a vote of 85 to 34,” David Fye, executive director of the BSRB, said at the committee’s public meeting.
Committee members and…
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