Signed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes state legal protections for gender affirming care.

Highlights:

• Defines “gender-affirming care” as psychological, behavioral, surgical, pharmaceutical, and medical care, services, and supplies to provide support to an individual’s gender identity (Sec. 2).

• Defines “public body” as a state or local government, advisory board, commission, agency, or entity created by the state constitution or any branch of government (Sec. 2).

• Defines “reproductive health care” as psychological, behavioral, surgical, pharmaceutical, and medical care, services, and supplies, including services related to (Sec. 2): 

• Preventing a pregnancy;

• Abortion;

• Managing a pregnancy loss;

• Prenatal, birth, perinatal, and postpartum health;

• Managing perimenopase and menopause;

• Managing firtility;

• Treating cancers of the reproductive system; or

• Preventing or treating sexually transmitted infections.

• Prohibits a public body from directly or indirectly denying, restricting, or interfering with an indviduals ability to access gender-affirming care (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits a public body from discriminating against an individual based on their use or refusal to use reproductive health care services (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes a court to assess a civil penalty of up to $5,000 in damages for individuals found to have violated the aforementioned provisions of this bill (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes state legal protections for gender affirming care.

Highlights:

• Defines “gender-affirming care” as psychological, behavioral, surgical, pharmaceutical, and medical care, services, and supplies to provide support to an individual’s gender identity (Sec. 2).

• Defines “public body” as a state or local government, advisory board, commission, agency, or entity created by the state constitution or any branch of government (Sec. 2).

• Defines “reproductive health care” as psychological, behavioral, surgical, pharmaceutical, and medical care, services, and supplies, including services related to (Sec. 2): 

• Preventing a pregnancy;

• Abortion;

• Managing a pregnancy loss;

• Prenatal, birth, perinatal, and postpartum health;

• Managing perimenopase and menopause;

• Managing firtility;

• Treating cancers of the reproductive system; or

• Preventing or treating sexually transmitted infections.

• Prohibits a public body from directly or indirectly denying, restricting, or interfering with an indviduals ability to access gender-affirming care (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits a public body from discriminating against an individual based on their use or refusal to use reproductive health care services (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes a court to assess a civil penalty of up to $5,000 in damages for individuals found to have violated the aforementioned provisions of this bill (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text