Texas Bill Would Require “Sex At Birth” Field In Records

The Texas Tribune reports:

The Texas House on Thursday approved a bill requiring health agencies to create a new field in medical records for the sex assigned at birth of patients and strict oversight and punishment of health care providers who change records.

Senate Bill 1188 encompasses “multiple components” according to the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Greg Bonnen, R-Friendswood, including restrictions on health care providers’ storage of digital servers and their use of artificial intelligence.

Democratic lawmakers who spoke in opposition of the bill said the required reporting of gender assigned at birth excludes transgender and intersex patients who may be forced to have a gender displayed in their medical records they don’t identify as.

Read the full article. Bonnen is a neurosurgeon.

The Texas House on Thursday approved a bill requiring health agencies to create a new field in medical records for the sex assigned at birth of patients. https://t.co/NtaeSCi5uE

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) May 23, 2025