Michigan 2025-2026 Regular Session

Michigan House Bill HB4467

Introduced
5/7/25  

Caption

Health: other; gender reassignment procedures or treatment for minors; prohibit. Creates new act.

Impact

The implications of HB4467 are considerable as it aims to reshape state regulations surrounding the rights of minors in relation to gender transition. Under this proposed law, healthcare professionals who violate these stipulations could face legal repercussions, including civil action taken against them for damages. Furthermore, the state attorney general is granted the authority to enforce this act, which adds another layer of state oversight over personal health decisions made in regard to gender identity treatments. This move towards centralizing regulatory authority over minors' healthcare decisions may lead to significant changes in existing protocols and policies followed in medical settings.

Summary

House Bill 4467, known as the 'Protecting Minors from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation Act,' seeks to prohibit healthcare professionals from performing certain medical procedures and treatments on minors that aim to alter their sex or gender presentation. This includes banning the prescription of puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries that are intended to affirm a child's gender identity if it is inconsistent with their biological sex. The bill exemplifies a significant legislative move to impact how gender identity is approached in healthcare settings, particularly concerning minors who cannot legally consent to such procedures in most cases.

Contention

The bill has sparked considerable debate regarding parental rights, medical autonomy, and the ethics of medical intervention in youth gender identity issues. Supporters of the bill argue that it protects minors from potentially irreversible medical procedures and complications linked with gender dysphoria treatments undertaken before reaching the age of maturity. Conversely, opponents contend that the bill undermines the rights of families and healthcare providers to make informed decisions in consultation with minors and their parents. Critics also argue that the prohibition of such treatments denies crucial support for transgender minors coping with their identities, leading to potential adverse mental health outcomes.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

MI SB0289

Health: other; gender reassignment procedures or treatment for minors; prohibit. Creates new act.

MI HB4190

Health: other; gender reassignment procedures or treatment for minors; prohibit. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding secs. 17019 & 17519.

MI HB1033

Prohibiting gender transition procedures for minors and coverage for gender transition procedures for minors.

MI HB3399

Relating to the provision of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures or treatments.

MI HB2085

Gender transition; minors; prohibitions.

MI SB1095

Gender transition; minors; prohibitions

MI H0743

Prohibited Sex-reassignment Prescriptions and Procedures

MI HB3431

Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of gender transitioning or reassignment procedures and treatments and gender-affirming therapy and counseling; creating criminal offenses.

MI SB753

Relating to prohibiting certain conduct by physicians and health care providers involving gender transitioning and gender reassignment procedures and treatments for children; creating a criminal offense.

MI SB63

Enacting the help not harm act, restricting use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibiting healthcare providers from providing gender transition care to children whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child's sex, authorizing a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for providing such treatments, requiring professional discipline against a healthcare provider who performs such treatment, prohibiting professional liability insurance from covering damages for healthcare providers that provide gender transition treatment to children and adding violation of the act to the definition of unprofessional conduct for physicians.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.