"House Bill 26-1322 would allow people who say they were subjected to conversion therapy to sue licensed mental health providers, as well as those who employ or supervise them, with no statute of limitations. Lawmakers say that change reflects the reality that many survivors do not come forward until years, sometimes decades, after the harm."
"The bill treats conversion therapy as professional misconduct with consequences that unfold in civil court. The aim, its sponsors say, is to make offering the practice legally and financially risky enough to prompt providers to abandon it."
"State Rep. Karen McCormick has called the action a necessary adaptation to a shifting legal landscape, one that still leaves people, especially young people, vulnerable."
House Bill 26-1322 allows individuals subjected to conversion therapy to sue licensed mental health providers without a statute of limitations. This bill responds to the Supreme Court's Chiles v. Salazar ruling, which protects talk therapy under the First Amendment. The bill aims to treat conversion therapy as professional misconduct, making it legally risky for providers. State Rep. Karen McCormick emphasizes the need for this adaptation to protect vulnerable individuals, particularly youth, from harmful practices.
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