civil liability; gender reassignment surgery

Arizona's SB 1094 creates civil liability for physicians who perform irreversible gender reassignment surgery on minors in violation of existing law (Section 32-3230). It states that parental consent does not protect physicians from lawsuits, and allows minors to seek damages including mental anguish, punitive damages, and attorney fees. The bill sets a statute of limitations allowing lawsuits to be filed up to 25 years after the minor turns 18 or four years after detransition, whichever is later. This directly affects minors who undergo such surgery and the physicians performing it, establishing new legal recourse for those harmed.