# 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