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R.E.Ward
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Yeah my parents really did give me this wonderful initials/last name combo. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈
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I would really love to live in a state where the gerrymandered legislature didn’t spending the past 10 years finding new and inventive ways to go after trans people. They’ve even got provisions for Kadel V. Folwell being overruled.
SECTION 3.(a) G.S. 143C-6-5.6 reads as rewritten: Limitation on use of State funds for gender transition procedures. As defined in G.S. 90-21.150. No State funds may be used, directly or indirectly, for the performance of or in furtherance of surgical gender transition procedures, or to provide puberty-blocking drugs or cross-sex hormones to a minor, or to support the administration of any governmental health plan or government-offered insurance policy offering surgical gender transition procedures, puberty-blocking drugs, or cross-sex hormones to a minor. (bl) No State funds may be used, directly or indirectly, for the performance of or in furtherance of surgical gender transition procedures, or to provide puberty-blocking drugs or cross-sex hormones to any prisoner incarcerated in the State prison system or the Statewide Misdemeanor Confinement Program or otherwise in the custody of the Department of Adult Correction, or to support the administration of any governmental health plan or government-offered insurance policy offering surgical gender transition procedures. puberty-blocking drugs, or cross-sex hormones to any prisoner incarcerated in the State prison system or the Statewide Misdemeanor Confinement Program or otherwise in the custody of the Department of Adult Correction. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent State funds from being used, directly or indirectly, to address medical complications resulting in imminent physical harm, including the treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or disorder that has been caused by or exacerbated by a previously performed or privately funded gender transition procedure. Subsections (b) and (bl) of this section shall not apply to the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees." SECTION 3.(b) This section becomes effective July 1, 2025. Subsection (c) of G.S. 143C-6-5.6 expires 30 days after the Memorandum and Order, dated June 10, 2022, or the permanent injunction ordered therein in Kadel v. Folwell, 1:19CV272 is vacated, overturned, or is no longer in force. The State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees shall notify the Revisor of Statutes if the order or injunction is vacated, overturned, or no longer in force. SECTION 3.1.(a) Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read: "Article 10. "Gender Transition Procedures on Non-Minors. "§ 90-21.175. Civil remedies for gender transition procedures on non-minors. (a)Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions provided in G.S. 90-21.150 apply in this section. (b) Unless an action is brought pursuant to G.S. 90-21.154, a cause of action for malpractice under G.S. 1-15 arising out of the performance of or failure to perform services while in the course of facilitating or perpetuating gender transition shall be commenced within 10 years from the time of discovery by the injured party of both the injury and the causal relationship between the treatment and the injury against the offending medical professional or entity. (c) A medical professional or entity may not seek a contractual waiver of the liability arising out of the performance of or failure to perform services while in the course of facilitating or perpetuating gender transition. Any attempted waiver is contrary to the public policy of this State and is null and void. (d) G.S. 90-21.19 does not apply to damages for a cause of action for malpractice under G.S. 1-15 arising out of the performance of or failure to perform services while in the course of facilitating or perpetuating gender transition." SECTION 3.1.(b) This section is effective when it becomes law and applies to causes of action accruing before, on, or after that date. This section revives any cause of action arising out of the performance of or failure to perform services while in the course of facilitating or perpetuating gender transition otherwise time-barred under G.S. 1-15, whether or not such cause of action has been asserted in a pending civil action or appeal. SECTION 4.(a) G.S. 130A-118 reads as rewritten: "§ 130A-118. Amendment of birth and death certificates. (f) When the sex of a person is changed on an amended or new birth certificate issued under subsection (a) or (b)(4) of this section, the State Registrar shall attach the new certificate to the certificate of birth then on file and shall preserve both certificates as a multi-page document. The State Registrar shall forward a copy of the new certificate to the register of deeds of the county of birth. The register of deeds of the county of birth shall attach the new certificate to the copy of the certificate of birth on file. The register of deeds shall preserve both certificates as a multi-page document. Thereafter, when a certified copy of the certificate of birth of the person is issued, it shall be a copy of the multi-page document. The State Registrar shall adopt rules and policies to implement these requirements." SECTION 4.(b) This section becomes effective December 1, 2025. SECTION 4.1. If any section or provision of this act is declared unconstitutional or invalid by the courts, it does not affect the validity of this act as a whole or any part other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid. SECTION 5. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.
July 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM