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House panel amends conversion-therapy bill to clarify consent and parental involvement; passes 8-4-1
Summary
The House Human Services Committee amended House Bill 14-30 to refine the bill’s definition of conversion therapy and to add a parental-notification clause in one subsection before voting to send the bill forward as amended.
The House Human Services Committee on an unspecified date amended and advanced House Bill 14-30, a bill addressing “conversion therapy,” after extended discussion about consent, parental notification and provider confidentiality.
Lawmakers narrowed the bill’s language to define conversion therapy as “any treatment intended to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity without their knowledge and consent” and later adopted an amendment that reinstated language requiring that an individual's parent or guardian be included under a specific condition of engagement in treatment. Representative Polly introduced the drafting changes and discussed the sponsor-suggested text; Representative Balinski moved the specific…
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