BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ó



                                                                  SB 1172
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          Date of Hearing:   August 8, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                     SB 1172 (Lieu) - As Amended:  July 5, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                             Business and 
          Professions  Vote:                            6-2

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill prohibits mental health providers from engaging in 
          sexual orientation change efforts, as defined, with a patient 
          under 18 years of age.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor, if any, communication and enforcement costs 
          (fee-supported special fund) to various healing arts boards 
          within the Department of Consumer Affairs that license and 
          oversee mental health professionals.  

           COMMENTS  

           Rationale  . According to the author, this bill establishes 
          protections for youth from dangerous therapies that aim to 
          change a person's sexual orientation.  This bill seeks to 
          provide protections for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender 
          (LGBT) youth by preventing these types of therapies, which the 
          author maintains are not supported by science nor the broader 
          mental health provider community.  

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916) 319-2081