25RS SB 94

Senate Bill 94

Actions

Last Action	02/04/25: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to conversion therapy.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	337
Sponsor	K. Berg
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define terms; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (cabinet) to prohibit the direct or indirect use of state and federal funds for the practice of conversion therapy on minors; require state agencies to report providers engaged in conversion therapy efforts with a minor to the appropriate professional certification or licensing board; require the cabinet to update relevant policies and procedures to reflect the prohibition of conversion therapy on minors and to convey the dangers of conversion therapy to minors; require state agencies that regulate or pay for medical and mental health services to explore actions they can take to protect minors from conversion therapy; allow professional certification and licensing boards to discipline practitioners that engage in or refer minors for conversion therapy.
Index Headings of Original Version	Health and Medical Services - Conversion therapy, minors, public funding, prohibition Insurance, Health - Conversion therapy, minors, public funding, prohibition Mental Health - Conversion therapy, minors, public funding, prohibition State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, conversion therapy, public funding, prohibition Children and Minors - Conversion therapy, public funding, prohibition Civil Rights - Sexual orientation and gender identity, conversion therapy, minors, public funding, prohibition Boards and Commissions - Conversion therapy, licensees, disciplinary action Medicaid - Conversion therapy, minors, public funding, prohibition Physicians and Practitioners - Conversion therapy, minors, public funding, prohibition Public Medical Assistance - Conversion therapy, minors, public funding, prohibition Local Mandate - Conversion therapy, minors, public funding, prohibition, licensees, disciplinary action