Chloe Cole Act of 2026
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Overview
The Chloe Cole Act of 2026 establishes a private right of action for children and their parents to sue health care professionals, hospitals, and clinics involved in certain medical interventions. Specifically, it targets interventions like puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and surgeries aimed at altering a child’s body to no longer align with their sex assigned at birth. The act aims to provide legal recourse for individuals who believe they have been harmed by these interventions, with potential for compensatory, non-economic, and punitive damages.
Key provisions
- Creates a private right of action for children and parents harmed by specific medical interventions.
- Defines ‘covered interventions’ as puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and surgeries altering a child’s body.
- Excludes medically necessary treatments for disorders of sexual development, infections, injuries, and acute illnesses.
- Establishes ‘detransition treatment’ as a separate category for addressing the effects of prior interventions.
- Requires participation in covered interventions to be directly engaging in planning, authorization, prescription, administration, or performance.
- Specifies that ‘sex’ is determined at birth and is immutable.
- Requires legal action to occur within 25 years of the child’s 18th birthday or 4 years after detransition treatment costs are incurred.
- Sets forth circumstances that must be present for a lawsuit to be filed, including interstate commerce.
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