Kentucky House Bill 19 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-6)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-05 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 define sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts, mental health professional, and public funds; to prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with a person under eighteen (18) years of age or a person who is eighteen (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 to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials regarding sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; permit the cabinet to contract for the educational materials; add the short title "Mental Health Protection Act"; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency.

Rep. Lisa Willner [D]	Rep. Kimberly Banta [R]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. George Brown [D]
Rep. Thomas Burch [D]	Rep. McKenzie Cantrell [D]	Rep. Jeffery Donohue [D]	Rep. Ken Fleming [R]
Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. Alan Gentry [D]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]	Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]
Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]	Rep. Mary Marzian [D]	Rep. Ed Massey [R]	Rep. Reginald Meeks [D]
Rep. Charles Miller [D]	Rep. Jerry Miller [R]	Rep. Patti Minter [D]	Rep. Jason Nemes [R]
Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Josie Raymond [D]	Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]	Rep. Attica Scott [D]
Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson [D]	Rep. Pamela Stevenson [D]	Rep. Killian Timoney [R]	Rep. Susan Westrom [D]
Rep. Buddy Wheatley [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-05	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-01-05	House	introduced in House
2020-08-25	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb19.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb19/orig_bill.pdf