AN ACT relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against mental health care professionals, mental health care institutions, and ordained ministry for providing protected counseling services; prohibit discrimination against individuals for offering information, training, and referrals for protected counseling services; prohibit discrimination against parents and guardians who consent to their child receiving protected counseling services; prohibit reporting of a mental health care professional or mental health care institution to a hiring or licensing authority solely on the basis that it provides protected counseling services; prohibit a hiring or licensing authority from investigating a mental health care professional or mental health care institution solely on the basis that it provides protected counseling services; establish a civil cause of action for a person injured by a violation; provide that the Act may be cited as the Mental Health Counseling Protection Act; EMERGENCY.
2025 Regular Session
The Commonwealth, any of its agencies or political subdivisions [...] shall not: (a) Discriminate against any: 1. Mental health care professional or mental health care institution for providing protected counseling services; 2. Individual or organization that provides information, training, referrals, or other support for protected counseling services; 3. Parent or guardian of a child for consenting to the child receiving or helping the child receive protected counseling services; or 4. Ordained ministry or the denominational equivalent from providing protected counseling services.
"Protected counseling service" means counseling, talk therapy, or other speech based mental health service performed with the goal or purpose to relieve discomfort or distress caused by an individual's sex or romantic or sexual attraction, provided that the service involves no obscene materials or aversive treatments that inflict physical discomfort or pain, or require any lewd or lascivious conduct.
| date | time | type | location | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-12 | 08:30 | Hearing | Annex Room 129 | Senate Committee On Health Services |
| 2025-02-27 | 12:00 | Hearing | Annex Room 154 | House Committee On State Government |
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-03-27 | received in House |
| 2025-03-27 | to Rules (H) |
| 2025-03-27 | taken from Rules |
| 2025-03-27 | posted for consideration of Governor's veto |
| 2025-03-27 | veto overridden |
| 2025-03-27 | passed 78-20 |
| 2025-03-27 | received in Senate |
| 2025-03-27 | to Rules (S) |
| 2025-03-27 | posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto |
| 2025-03-27 | veto overridden |
| 2025-03-27 | passed 31-6 |
| 2025-03-27 | received in House |
| 2025-03-27 | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2025-03-27 | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2025-03-27 | delivered to Secretary of State |
| 2025-03-24 | Vetoed |
| 2025-03-14 | received in House |
| 2025-03-14 | to Rules (H) |
| 2025-03-14 | placed in the Orders of the Day |
| 2025-03-14 | House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2025-03-14 | passed 67-19 |
| 2025-03-14 | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2025-03-14 | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2025-03-14 | delivered to Governor |
| 2025-03-13 | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025 |
| 2025-03-13 | 3rd reading |
| 2025-03-13 | Floor Amendment (1) defeated |
| 2025-03-13 | passed 28-6 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2025-03-12 | reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2025-03-12 | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2025-03-11 | to Health Services (S) |
| 2025-03-11 | taken from Health Services (S) |
| 2025-03-11 | 1st reading |
| 2025-03-11 | returned to Health Services (S) |
| 2025-03-06 | received in Senate |
| 2025-03-06 | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2025-03-05 | floor amendments (4) and (5-title) filed |
| 2025-03-05 | 3rd reading, passed 77-18 with Floor Amendment (4) and Floor Amendment (5-title) |
| 2025-03-04 | floor amendments (1), (2-title) and (3) filed |
| 2025-02-28 | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2025-02-28 | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025 |
| 2025-02-27 | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2025-02-21 | to State Government (H) |
| 2025-02-13 | introduced in House |
| 2025-02-13 | to Committee on Committees (H) |