Kentucky Senate Bill 137 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-14 - to Health & Welfare (S)
Pending: Senate Health and Welfare 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 18 years of age or 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 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 "Youth Mental Health Protection Act"; EMERGENCY.

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

Sen. Alice Kerr [R]	Sen. Julie Raque Adams [R]	Sen. Karen Berg [D]	Sen. Denise Harper Angel [D]
Sen. Morgan McGarvey [D]	Sen. Mike Nemes [R]	Sen. Reginald Thomas [D]	Sen. David Yates [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-14	Senate	to Health & Welfare (S)
2022-02-02	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2022-02-02	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb137.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb137/orig_bill.pdf