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Committee approves bill limiting unsolicited gender questions in pediatric primary care
Summary
House Health committee approved HB1665 after sponsor recounted a personal account of an unsolicited gender identity question during a child's routine primary care visit; the bill passed committee as amended, 15‑4.
The House Health Full Committee approved House Bill 1665, legislation aimed at barring doctors from asking unsolicited questions about a child’s gender identity during routine primary care visits unless prompted by the patient or family or in limited mental‑health carve‑outs.
The sponsor recounted a recent personal incident involving his daughter: "My daughter in a primary care visit was actually asked if she was okay being the gender in which she is and it was unsolicited," and said the bill would stop that practice while preserving patient‑initiated conversations and some mental‑health exceptions.
Committee discussion included the bill's development in subcommittee and the sponsor said members had worked to place the bill in a form that satisfies multiple stakeholders. The committee voted, and the record shows HB1665 was amended and carried by the committee (15 ayes, 4 nays).
