Bill Title: Creates the Youth Mental Health Protection Act. Defines "mental health provider" and "sexual orientation change efforts" or "conversion therapy". Provides that no mental health provider shall engage in sexual orientation change efforts with a person under the age of 18. Provides that a mental health provider shall not refer a client or patient to any individual for the purpose of sexual orientation change efforts. Further provides that any sexual orientation change effort attempted on a person under the age of 18 or any referral made by a mental health provider shall be considered unprofessional conduct and shall be subject to discipline by the licensing entity or disciplinary review board with competent jurisdiction.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0411 [HB0217 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2015-08-21	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2015-05-30	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2015-03-25	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2015-01-16	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 003	2015-03-12	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 004	2015-03-12	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 002	2015-02-27	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2015-02-25	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

Title	Description	Date	Format	Source	View
No supplemental documents for Illinois HB0217 currently on file.