Prohibition of Conversion Therapy (Broader Protections) Amendment Bill

1. Title

This act is the Prohibition of Conversion Therapy (Broader Protections) Amendment Act 2021.

2. Commencement

This Act shall come into effect the day after it recieves royal ascent.

3. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to expand the defintion of conversion therapy to include the willful denial and/or depravation of gender-affirming medical care.

4. Acts Amended

This bill amends the Prohibition of Conversion Therapy Act 2021 (the Principal Act)

5. Principal act amendmended

(1) In section 4, after (Conversion Therapy)(a)(i), insert:

(ii)knowingly and willfully deny or deprive any individual from seeking Gender and/or Sexuality affirming care:

(iii) intentionally misleads or decieves an individual into believing any treatment outside the definition of Gender and/or Sexuality affirming care is Gender and/or Sexuality affirming care

(1)(a) Renumber the following passages accordingly.

(2) In section 4, after the definition of sexual orientation, insert:

Gender and/or Sexuality affirming care means any medical or psychological care undertaken to assist an individual in affirming their gender identity and/or sexual orientation, including, but not limited to; Puberty Blockers, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Gender and Sexuality Councelling, or Sex Reassignment Surgery, provided these procedures are undertaken with the full, free and informed consent of the individual in question.

Explanatory notes

Section 1 is the title section

Section 2 is the commencement section.

Section 3 is the purpose section

Section 4 specifies the act amended by this bill

Section 5 amends the Prohibition of Conversion Therapy Act 2021

B.1104 - Prohibition of Conversion Therapy (Broader Protections) Amendment Bill

Government Bill

Authored by /u/TheTrashMan_10.

Sponsored by the Minister of LGBTQ Affairs, Hon. /u/TheTrashMan_10.

Debate will end at 11:59pm, 11th of September.