Legislation We Are Supporting

Ohio SAFE ACT H.B. 68 Sponsor Rep. Gary Click

SUMMARY
- Prohibits a physician from knowingly performing gender reassignment surgery on a minor.
- Prohibits a physician from knowingly prescribing a cross-sex hormone or puberty-blocking drug to a minor for the purpose of assisting with gender transition.
- Prohibits a physician from aiding or abetting those prohibited practices.
- Prohibits a mental health professional from diagnosing or treating a minor for a gender-related condition without first obtaining parental consent and screening for other comorbidities, abuse, and traumas.
- Requires each mental health professional who diagnoses or treats a minor for a gender-related condition to annually report certain information to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH).
- Establishes penalties for physicians and mental health professionals who engage in conduct the bill prohibits. Prohibits Medicaid coverage of gender transition services for minors.
- Prohibits a political subdivision from banning the use of models of care that assist a minor experiencing a gender-related condition in reconciling their gender identity with their biological sex.
- Prohibits a court from considering certain parental decisions regarding their child’s gender identity and gender transition when allocating parental rights and responsibilities or parenting time.
- Expresses the General Assembly’s findings regarding gender transition services, particularly for minors.

FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND JUDICIAL COMMITTEE WORK BY CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN

The Ohio Christian Alliance supports the work of Judiciary Chairman Congressman Jim Jordan from Ohio's 4th District in his effort to investigate the federal agencies that have been weaponized against the American people, namely the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, and Biden's Justice Department in their attempts to criminalize political opposition.