HB 19-1120 - Reduces the Age at Which a Child Can Seek Mental Health Treatment Without Parental Consent - Colorado Key Vote
Jessie Danielson voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- May 16, 2019
- House Concurrence Vote Passed
- May 3, 2019
- Senate Bill Passed
- May 2, 2019
- House Bill Passed
- April 16, 2019
- Introduced
- Jan. 16, 2019
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Title: Reduces the Age at Which a Child Can Seek Mental Health Treatment Without Parental Consent
Signed by Governor Jared Polis
Title: Reduces the Age at Which a Child Can Seek Mental Health Treatment Without Parental Consent
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill with amendment that reduces the age at which a child can seek psychotherapy services without consent from a parent or guardian.
Highlights:
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Authorizes mental health professionals to provide psychotherapy services to a minor who is 12 years of age or older, with or without the consent of the minor’s parent or legal guardian, if the mental health professional finds that the minor is knowingly and voluntarily seeking such services and that psychotherapy services are necessary to the minor’s well-being (Sec. 3).
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Authorizes mental health professionals to contact the minor’s parent or legal guardian if the minor consents to it (Sec. 3).
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Requires psychotherapy services to be provided in a manner that is culturally appropriate, supporting individuals of diverse backgrounds (Sec. 3).
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Requires the Department of Education to establish a comprehensive resource bank for minors seeking psychotherapy services (Sec. 4).
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Defines “psychotherapy services” as the treatment, diagnosis, testing, assessment, or counseling in a professional relationship that does at least one of the following (Sec. 2):
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Assists individuals or groups to alleviate behavioral and mental health disorders;
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Understands unconscious or conscious motivation;
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Resolves emotional relationships or attitudinal conflicts; or
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Modifies behaviors that interfere with effective emotional, social, or intellectual functioning.
Title: Reduces the Age at Which a Child Can Seek Mental Health Treatment Without Parental Consent
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill with amendment that reduces the age at which a child can seek psychotherapy services without consent from a parent or guardian.
Highlights:
-
Authorizes mental health professionals to provide psychotherapy services to a minor who is 12 years of age or older, with or without the consent of the minor’s parent or legal guardian, if the mental health professional finds that the minor is knowingly and voluntarily seeking such services and that psychotherapy services are necessary to the minor’s well-being (Sec. 3).
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Authorizes mental health professionals to contact the minor’s parent or legal guardian if the minor consents to it (Sec. 3).
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Requires psychotherapy services to be provided in a manner that is culturally appropriate, supporting individuals of diverse backgrounds (Sec. 3).
-
Requires the Department of Education to establish a comprehensive resource bank for minors seeking psychotherapy services (Sec. 4).
-
Defines “psychotherapy services” as the treatment, diagnosis, testing, assessment, or counseling in a professional relationship that does at least one of the following (Sec. 2):
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Assists individuals or groups to alleviate behavioral and mental health disorders;
-
Understands unconscious or conscious motivation;
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Resolves emotional relationships or attitudinal conflicts; or
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Modifies behaviors that interfere with effective emotional, social, or intellectual functioning.
Title: Reduces the Age at Which a Child Can Seek Mental Health Treatment Without Parental Consent
Title: Reduces the Age at Which a Child Can Seek Mental Health Treatment Without Parental Consent
- Jennifer James 'Jeni' Arndt (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- KC Becker (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Adrienne Benavidez (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Shannon Bird (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Janet P. Buckner (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bri Buentello (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Yadira Caraveo (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- James Rashad Coleman (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Don Coram (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lois Court (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lisa A. Cutter (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jessie Danielson (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kerry Donovan (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Monica Duran (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Daneya Leigh Esgar (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas 'Tony' Exum Sr. (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rhonda Fields (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Meg Froelich (CO - D)
- Rochelle Galindo (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joann Ginal (CO - D)
- Julie Gonzales (CO - D)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Matt Gray (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Chris Hansen (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Leslie Herod (CO - D)
- Edie Hooton (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dominique Jackson (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Cathy Kipp (CO - D)
- Tracy Kraft-Tharp (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sanford E. 'Pete' Lee (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Susan Lontine (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Julie McCluskie (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara Hall McLachlan (CO - D)
- Jovan Melton (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dominick Moreno (CO - D)
- Kyle Mullica (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Brittany Pettersen (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jonathan Singer (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
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- Marc A. Snyder (CO - D)
- Tammy Story (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Tom Sullivan (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
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- Donald E. 'Don' Valdez (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
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- Angela Williams (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Faith Winter (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rachel Zenzinger (CO - D)
- Chris deGruy Kennedy (CO - D) (Out Of Office)