Senate Medical Affairs Committee Amendment
H 4624 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Gender Reassignment Procedures

The Committee on Medical Affairs proposes the following amendment (SR-4624.JG0088S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 44-42-350 and inserting:

 Section 44-42-350.  The South Carolina Medicaid Program shall not reimburse or provide coverage for practices prohibited under the provisions of this chapter .

Amend the bill further, SECTION 2, by striking Section 59-32-36 and inserting:

 (A) A nurse, counselor, teacher, principal, or other official or staff at a public school shall not knowingly:

Amend the bill further, SECTION 2, Section 59-32-36, by adding a subsection to read:

 (B) The principal, vice principal, or counselor at a public school shall immediately notify in writing a minor's parent or legal guardian if the minor:
  (1) asserts to any school employee that the minor's gender is inconsistent with his or her sex, as defined in Section 44-42-310;
  (2) requests a school employee to address the minor by a name other than the minor's legal name or a derivative thereof; or
  (3) requests a school employee to address a minor using a pronoun or title that does not align with the minor's sex.