A 41: Prohibits a court from granting, denying or deciding a petition for guardianship, custody or visitation solely on the allegation or basis that a parent or guardian is providing or facilitating the provision of gender affirming care to the subject child.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 41 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to the consider- ation of gender affirming care in custody matters The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The domestic relations law is amended by adding a new 2 section 75-n to read as follows: 3 § 75-n. Consideration of providing gender affirming care. 1. The court 4 may not grant, deny or decide a petition for guardianship, custody or 5 visitation solely on the allegation or basis that a parent or guardian 6 is providing or facilitating the provision of gender affirming care to 7 the subject child. 8 2. As used in this section, "gender affirming care" means care for the 9 subject child which encompasses a range of social, psychological, behav- 10 ioral, and medical interventions designed to support and affirm an indi- 11 vidual's gender identity when it conflicts with the gender they were 12 assigned at birth. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00110-01-5