Assembly Bill A576

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Designates engaging in sexual orientation change efforts by mental health care professionals upon patients under 18 years of age

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A576 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1046
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§6509-e & 6531-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6983, S4917
2015-2016: A4958, S121
2017-2018: A3977, S263

2019-A576 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates as professional misconduct, engaging in sexual orientation change efforts by mental health care professionals upon patients under 18 years of age.

2019-A576 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    576
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GLICK, JAFFEE, O'DONNELL, BARRETT, ZEBROWSKI,
   L. ROSENTHAL, ABINANTI, ARROYO, BUCHWALD, BRONSON, MAGNARELLI, WEPRIN,
   LIFTON, SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT,
   GALEF, HEVESI, LAVINE, RICHARDSON, RYAN, STECK, STIRPE, THIELE -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  prohibiting  mental
   health  professionals  from  engaging  in  sexual  orientation  change
   efforts with a patient under the age of eighteen years  and  expanding
   the  definition  of  professional  misconduct  with  respect to mental
   health professionals
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature hereby
 finds and declares all of the following:
   a. Being lesbian, gay, bisexual  or  transgender  is  not  a  disease,
 disorder,  illness,  deficiency,  or shortcoming. The major professional
 associations of mental  health  practitioners  and  researchers  in  the
 United States have recognized this fact for nearly 40 years.
   b.  The  American  Psychological  Association convened a Task Force on
 Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation. The task  force
 conducted  a  systematic  review  of peer-reviewed journal literature on
 sexual orientation change efforts, and issued a report in 2009. The task
 force concluded that sexual orientation change efforts can pose critical
 health risks to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people,  including
 confusion,  depression, guilt, helplessness, hopelessness, shame, social
 withdrawal, suicidality, substance abuse, stress, disappointment,  self-
 blame, decreased self-esteem and authenticity to others, increased self-
 hatred,  hostility  and  blame  toward  parents,  feelings  of anger and
 betrayal, loss of friends and potential romantic partners,  problems  in
 sexual  and  emotional  intimacy,  sexual  dysfunction, high-risk sexual
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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