Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends state mental health code to define conversion therapy.

Highlights:

• Defines conversion therapy as any practice or treatment by a mental health professional intended to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity, including, but not limited to (Sec. 100a):

• Efforts to change behavior or gender expression;

• Reduce or eliminate sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward an individual of the same gender.

• Specifies that conversion therapy does not include counseling that (Sec. 100a):

• Provides assistance to an individual undergoing a gender transition;

• Provides acceptance, support, or understanding of an individual;

• Facilitates an individual’s coping, social support, or identity exploration and development, including sexual orientation-neutral intervention to prevent or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices, as long as the counseling does not seek to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

• Defines gender identity as gender identity or expression as the term defined in the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act (Sec. 100a).

• Defines sexual orientation as the term defined in the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act (Sec. 100a).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends state mental health code to define conversion therapy.

Highlights:

• Defines conversion therapy as any practice or treatment by a mental health professional intended to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity, including, but not limited to (Sec. 100a):

• Efforts to change behavior or gender expression;

• Reduce or eliminate sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward an individual of the same gender.

• Specifies that conversion therapy does not include counseling that (Sec. 100a):

• Provides assistance to an individual undergoing a gender transition;

• Provides acceptance, support, or understanding of an individual;

• Facilitates an individual’s coping, social support, or identity exploration and development, including sexual orientation-neutral intervention to prevent or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices, as long as the counseling does not seek to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

• Defines gender identity as gender identity or expression as the term defined in the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act (Sec. 100a).

• Defines sexual orientation as the term defined in the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act (Sec. 100a).

Full Bill Text