(a) A healthcare professional who performs a gender transition procedure or a mental health professional who performs gender-affirming intervention on a minor is liable to the minor if the minor is injured, including without limitation any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological injury, by the gender transition procedure, gender-affirming intervention, related treatment, or the after effects of the gender transition procedure, or gender-affirming intervention, or related treatment.
(b) (1) A minor injured as provided under subsection (a) of this section, or a representative of a minor injured as provided under subsection (a) of this section who receives a gender transition procedure or a gender-affirming intervention, including without limitation a parent or legal guardian of a minor injured as provided under subsection (a) of this section who receives a gender transition procedure or a gender-affirming intervention acting on behalf of the minor, may bring a civil action against the healthcare professional who performed the gender transition procedure or gender-affirming intervention on the minor in a court of competent jurisdiction for:(A) Declaratory or injunctive relief;(B) Compensatory damages;(C) Punitive damages; and(D) Attorney's fees and costs.(2) A civil action under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be filed not later than fifteen (15) years after the date on which the minor turns eighteen (18) years of age, or would have turned eighteen (18) years of age if the minor died before turning eighteen (18) years of age.
(1) A minor injured as provided under subsection (a) of this section, or a representative of a minor injured as provided under subsection (a) of this section who receives a gender transition procedure or a gender-affirming intervention, including without limitation a parent or legal guardian of a minor injured as provided under subsection (a) of this section who receives a gender transition procedure or a gender-affirming intervention acting on behalf of the minor, may bring a civil action against the healthcare professional who performed the gender transition procedure or gender-affirming intervention on the minor in a court of competent jurisdiction for:(A) Declaratory or injunctive relief;(B) Compensatory damages;(C) Punitive damages; and(D) Attorney's fees and costs.
(A) Declaratory or injunctive relief;
(B) Compensatory damages;
(C) Punitive damages; and
(D) Attorney's fees and costs.
(2) A civil action under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be filed not later than fifteen (15) years after the date on which the minor turns eighteen (18) years of age, or would have turned eighteen (18) years of age if the minor died before turning eighteen (18) years of age.