Are Oklahoma lawmakers considering a bill that would allow the Attorney General to sue anyone who aids a minor in obtaining gender-affirming care out of state?

HB 3130 would prohibit health care providers from referring minors for gender-affirming care, which they are prohibited from receiving under state law, and make it unlawful for anyone to aid or abet the obtaining or referral of such care for minors. The bill would allow the attorney general to litigate to enforce compliance.

Health care providers found to “knowingly perform, attempt to perform, or refer” a child for gender transition procedures would be in violation of the bill’s expanded definition of unprofessional conduct and guilty of a felony.

A proposed floor amendment adds behavioral health care services or mental health counseling, as well as psychologists, counselors, therapists, social workers, and behavioral health practitioners to the definitions of gender transition procedures and health care providers, respectively.

HB 3130 would also prohibit facilities that receive state money from providing or referring gender-affirming care to adult patients.