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Introduced
01/24/2019
01/24/2019
In Committee
03/18/2019
03/18/2019
Crossed Over
02/20/2019
02/20/2019
Passed
05/09/2019
05/09/2019
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/31/2019
05/31/2019
Introduced Session
2019 Regular Session
Bill Summary
The bill prohibits a licensed physician specializing in psychiatry or a licensed, certified, 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 practices is subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate licensing board. The bill also makes the advertising or practice of conversion therapy by a physician or mental health care provider a deceptive trade practice under the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act". "Conversion therapy" means efforts 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.
AI Summary
This bill prohibits licensed physicians specializing in psychiatry or licensed, certified, or registered mental health care providers from engaging in "conversion therapy" with patients under 18 years of age. Conversion therapy refers to efforts to change an individual's sexual orientation, including changing behaviors, gender expressions, or reducing sexual/romantic attraction to the same sex. The bill subjects licensees who engage in these practices to disciplinary action and designates the advertising or practice of conversion therapy as a deceptive trade practice. Certain practices, such as acceptance, support, and understanding for an individual's identity exploration, are excluded from the definition of conversion therapy.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services, Military Affairs and Security
Sponsors (3)
Last Action
Governor Signed (on 05/31/2019)
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