Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025
Key claim: The Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025 (HR3243) was introduced in the 119th Congress and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Abstract
(HR3243 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2025-05-07): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Why this matters
The Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act would give the Federal Trade Commission authority to treat conversion therapy offered for compensation as an unfair or deceptive practice, providing a federal consumer-protection lever where state-level bans do not reach. For LGBTQ minors and adults, its enactment would expand available remedies against providers; supporters frame it as fraud prevention while opponents raise religious-liberty and speech concerns. As introduced legislation referred to committee, it has no immediate legal effect.