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H00622017 Regular Session

Adds to existing law to provide for violations and enforcement for certain persons who perform conversion therapy and to prohibit state funding for conversion therapy.

YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH PROTECTION ACT -- Adds to existing law to provide for violations and enforcement for certain persons who perform conversion therapy and to prohibit state funding for conversion therapy.

YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH PROTECTION ACT

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The Youth Mental Health Prevention Act protects patients under eighteen (18) years of age or vulnerable adults from the harmful effects of conversion therapy and provides that a licensed, professional counselor shall not engage in the practice of conversion therapy. "Conversion therapy" means any practices or treatments that seek to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity.

LATEST ACTION

Reported Printed and Referred to Ways & Means

SPONSORS

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John McCrostie

Rep · HD-016A

Primary

BILL INFO

Session
2017
Chamber
house
Status date
Jan 26, 2017

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