Parents of children who are questioning their gender would still have access in Georgia to medication that prevents the onset of puberty under a revised version of state legislation that initially sought to ban all access.
The original version of Senate Bill 30, which passed the Georgia Senate in early March, would have threatened the medical licenses of doctors and hospitals administering puberty blockers.
Under the compromise legislation, puberty blockers would remain available—but with more restrictions. Parents would be required to get evaluations from two behavioral health specialists—either two psychiatrists, or a psychiatrist and a psychologist—who determine that their child has gender dysphoria. After that, the child would need to be evaluated by a board-certified pediatric endocrinologist.
The House Rules Committee will now decide whether to bring the bill to a vote in the full House. If it passes there, the Senate would need to approve Wednesday’s amendments for it to become law.
