AN ACT CONCERNING A TECHNICAL CHANGE TO A PROVISION CONCERNING GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND THE PROVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE AND GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF LOCATION.

SB 1530 amends Connecticut law to protect healthcare providers who offer reproductive and gender-affirming care permitted under Connecticut law from lawsuits in other states. The bill allows providers to recover damages - including attorney fees and costs - if sued in another state for providing such care, regardless of where the patient was located when the care was delivered. It specifically applies to cases where the lawsuit is based on the care being legal in Connecticut, shielding providers from out-of-state legal challenges targeting their practice. The law does not alter the definitions of reproductive or gender-affirming care but creates a new remedy for providers facing these cross-state lawsuits.