California Health and Safety Code

§ 1439.50

HSC § 1439.50 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 2 · Ch. 2.45

Statute text

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)“Gender expression” has the same meaning as defined in Section 51 of the Civil Code.

(b)“Gender identity” means a person’s identity based on the individual’s stated gender identity, without regard to whether the self-identified gender accords with the individual’s physical appearance, surgical history, genitalia, legal sex, sex assigned at birth, or name and sex, as it appears in medical records, and without regard to any contrary statement by any other person, including a family member, conservator, or legal representative. An individual who lacks the present ability to communicate his or her gender identity shall retain the gender identity most recently expressed by that individual.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 483, Sec. 3. (SB 219) Effective January 1, 2018.