File Code: Public Health
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 448/01 - ENV
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates O'Donnell, Owings, Greenip, and Amedori
- Entitled:
-
Parental Rights Act of 2002
Altering the age at which a minor has the same capacity as an adult to
consent to specified medical treatment; allowing an attending
physician to permit minors over a specified age to consent to medical
treatment if obtaining consent from a parent, guardian, or custodian
of the minor would adversely affect the life or health of the minor;
and allowing specified medical personnel to give information about a
minor's medical treatment for abortion to the minor's parent,
guardian, or custodian under specified circumstances.
House Action
- 2/7
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 2/27
- Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/21
- Withdrawn
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
- Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5
- Delegate Janet Greenip, District 33
- Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ABORTION
- BIRTH CONTROL
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- PREGNANCY
- PRIVACY
- PSYCHOLOGISTS
- SEXUAL OFFENSES
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
20-102
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
