Civil Actions for Conversion Therapy Survivors

The bill establishes a cause of action for claims of injury caused by sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts (efforts) against a mental health professional and allows the cause of action to be commenced at any time without limitation.

The bill applies to a cause of action brought against a licensed mental health professional who conducted the efforts; an individual or entity that hired, supervised, or otherwise exercised authority over the mental health professional; and a person who negligently hired, supervised, or retained a licensed mental health professional to engage in the efforts.

The bill permits the injured individual, or the individual's personal representative or estate if the individual is deceased, to be awarded economic, noneconomic, and exemplary damages and sets forth the manner in which causation may be established to show a connection between the efforts the individual underwent and the harm the individual suffers.

The bill states what an expert witness may address in the expert's testimony regarding the efforts the individual underwent and the harm the individual suffered.

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)