SB 116 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the statute of limitations on a health care liability claim involving certain gender modification drugs provided to and procedures performed on a minor.

SB 116 amends Texas law to create a specific statute of limitations for health care liability claims involving certain medical treatments for minors. It sets a deadline of the claimant's 30th birthday for lawsuits related to malpractice in providing puberty suppression drugs, cross-sex hormones, or gender reassignment surgeries to minors. This replaces the standard 10-year statute of repose under Section 74.251 for these specific claims. The bill applies only to claims where the minor was under treatment for gender transition at the time of the alleged malpractice, and only to causes of action accruing on or after September 1, 2025.
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Nov 2024
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Introduced Nov 12, 2024 Last action Feb 3, 2025
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