Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05530 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/15/2015

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5530
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 836
 *00836*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. LESSER, 100th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5530 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 836

*00836*

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH 

Introduced by:

REP. LESSER, 100th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE SERVICES RELATING TO A MINOR CHILD'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit a licensed health care professional from providing therapy or other services that has the goal of changing the sexual orientation of a person under eighteen years of age. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To prohibit the provision of services to minor children aimed at changing their sexual orientation.