H00522019 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 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