The bill prohibits a licensed physician specializing in psychiatry or a licensed or registered mental health care provider from engaging in conversion therapy with a patient under 18 years of age. A licensee who engages in these efforts is subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate licensing board. Conversion therapy means efforts that seek to change an individual's sexual orientation, including efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attraction or feelings toward individuals of the same sex.

Year

2016

Current status

  • Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (04/11/2016)

Sponsors

P. Rosenthal / P. Steadman

Bill number

HB16-1210

Position

Support