Bill to Criminalize Sexual Contact by Psychotherapists Stalls in Committee

Article archive / June 1, 2014

Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 10. Source pages: 3.

A bill that would have added sexual contact between a psychotherapist and patient to sex crimes stalled in the House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee in April.

However, Representative Richard put forth a House Concurrent Resolution, HCR 92 that would have created a 15 person task force to study the issue of sexual misconduct between psycho-therapist and patient, it was placed on agenda but not heard, according to committee agenda.


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