Establishes a private right of action against mental health professionals for sexual orientation change efforts, revives barred actions, and grants.
The bill creates a private right of action against mental health professionals who engaged in sexual orientation change efforts. It revives actions otherwise barred by the statute of limitations and grants trial preference to such actions. The bill defines "sexual orientation change efforts" as practices seeking to change an individual's sexual orientation, excluding counseling for gender transition or therapies that do not seek to change sexual orientation. It allows for the recovery of economic damages, noneconomic damages, punitive damages, and legal fees.
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