For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
CONVERSION THERAPY
Any services offered or provided to consumers for a fee that
seek to change a person's sexual orientation or seek to change
a person's gender identity to conform to the sex of such individual
that was recorded at birth.
It is unlawful for any person to offer or provide conversion
therapy services. This prohibition does not proscribe services that
provide assistance to a person undergoing gender transition, or counseling
that provides acceptance, support, and understanding of a person's
sexual orientation or facilitates a person's coping, social support,
and identity exploration and development, including sexual-orientation-neutral
interventions to prevent or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual
practices, as long as such services do not seek to change an individual's
sexual orientation or gender identity.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion
of this chapter is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed
a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof, which shall
remain in full force and effect.