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This bill prohibits mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy or sexual orientation change efforts with minors. It repeals and replaces sections of Missouri law related to the regulation of various mental health professions, including psychologists, professional counselors, social workers, and marital and family therapists. The key provisions of the bill include: - Defining "conversion therapy" as any practices or treatments that seek to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, and prohibiting mental health professionals from engaging in such therapy with minors. This does not include counseling that provides acceptance, support, and understanding of a person or facilitates their coping, social support, and identity exploration. - Allowing the relevant regulatory committees to refuse to issue, suspend, or revoke the licenses of mental health professionals who engage in conversion therapy with minors. - Providing exceptions for counseling that assists with gender transition or addresses unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices, as long as it does not seek to change the individual's sexual orientation or gender identity.

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https://www.house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB2766&year=2022&code=R