Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025

Key Points

• The bill makes it illegal for any person or business to charge money for conversion therapy, a practice that claims to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity.
• The Federal Trade Commission would enforce the ban by treating violations as unfair or deceptive business practices, giving it power to sue and fine providers.
• The ban applies only to paid or compensated conversion therapy and does not restrict gender transition care or neutral identity support and exploration.
• State attorneys general and other authorized state officials get the power to sue violators in federal court on behalf of their state's residents.
• Congress justifies the bill by citing findings that professional health organizations have found no evidence conversion therapy works and that it carries serious risks including depression and suicide.