HB 902 / SB 1028 - Health Occupations - Conversion Therapy for Minors - Prohibition (Youth Mental Health Protection Act)

  • Status: Won: new law
  • Position: Support
  • Bill Number: HB 902 / SB 1028
  • Session: 2018
  • Latest Update: June 4, 2018
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Summary

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland (ACLU) supports HB 902, The Youth Mental Health Protection Act, which would protect LGBT youth from so- called “conversion therapy,” a range of dangerous and discredited practices that falsely claim to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.

Sponsors:
Delegates Cullison, Morales, Clippinger, Hayes, Korman, A. Miller, Platt, Reznik, Rosenberg, and K. Young, Senators Madaleno, Ferguson, Guzzone, Kagan, Lee, Manno, Pinsky, Smith, Zucker, and Young

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