Enacting the help not harm act to restrict the use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibit healthcare providers from providing gender transition whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child's sex, authorize a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for providing such treatments, require professional discipline against a healthcare provider who performs such treatment and prohibit professional liability insurance from covering damages for healthcare providers that provide gender transition treatment to children and adding violation of the act to the definition of unprofessional conduct for physicians.

HB 2071, the "Help Not Harm Act," prohibits healthcare providers in Kansas from performing gender transition treatments (including medication or surgery) for minors whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth. The bill directly affects children under 18 and healthcare providers, banning such treatments and restricting state funds from covering them or promoting gender transition. Key provisions include authorizing civil lawsuits against providers who violate the ban, requiring professional discipline for violations, and prohibiting professional liability insurance from covering related damages. The law defines "sex" as biological characteristics at birth and explicitly prohibits state facilities, employees, and programs from promoting or providing these treatments to minors.