AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define "sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts," "mental health professional," and "public funds"; prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with a person under 18 years of age, a person who is 18 years or older who is an adult as defined in KRS 209.020, or a ward as defined in KRS 387.510; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health and the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials regarding sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; permit the cabinet to contract for the educational materials; cite as the Youth Mental Health Protection Act; EMERGENCY.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 7, 2023
Last action Feb 23, 2023
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No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Feb 23, 2023
Committee
to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
19 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Al Gentry
DDemocratic
P
Beverly Chester-Burton
DDemocratic
P
Chad Aull
DDemocratic
P
Cherlynn Stevenson
DDemocratic
P
Daniel Grossberg
DDemocratic
P
George Brown
DDemocratic
P
Josie Raymond
DDemocratic
P
Keturah Herron
DDemocratic
P
Killian Timoney
RRepublican
P
Lamin Swann
DDemocratic
P
Lindsey Burke
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Willner
DDemocratic
P
Nima Kulkarni
DDemocratic
P
Pamela Stevenson
DDemocratic
P
Rachel Roarx
DDemocratic
P
Rachel Roberts
DDemocratic
P
Ruth Ann Palumbo
DDemocratic
P
Sarah Stalker
DDemocratic
P
Tina Bojanowski
DDemocratic
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