How HB 173 changes current law

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The bill amends several statutes to require parental consent for various health services and information relating to minors, while repealing the existing provision that allowed minors to access outpatient crisis intervention services without such consent.

• 381.0051

  4. Has the consent of a parent or legal guardian; → 4. Has the consent of a parent or guardian;

  This change clarifies that a minor must have the consent of a parent or guardian to receive maternal health and contraceptive information and services.

• 384.30

  the consent of a parent the parents or guardian guardians of a minor is not a prerequisite for an examination; → the consent of a parent or guardian is required for or treatment.

  This change requires parental consent for a minor's treatment for sexually transmissible diseases.

• 394.459

  unless the minor is seeking outpatient crisis intervention services under s. 394.4784.

  This removes the exception that allowed minors to access outpatient crisis intervention services without parental consent.

• 394.495

  Consent of a parent or guardian is required for services provided by the mobile response team after the immediate, onsite behavioral health crisis services.

  This adds a requirement for parental consent for certain services provided by a mobile response team.

• 397.431

  if the individual is a minor who did not seek treatment voluntarily and without parental consent.

  This clarifies the payment obligations for substance abuse services provided to minors without parental consent.

• 394.4784

  s. 394.4784, F.S., relating to minors' access to outpatient crisis intervention services and treatment;

  This repeals the section that allowed minors to access certain outpatient services without parental consent.

• 1014.04

  A parent has the right to review, inspect, and consent to a specified survey or questionnaire before the survey or questionnaire is provided to the parent's minor child;

  This grants parents the right to review and consent to specific surveys or questionnaires administered to their minor children.

• 397.501

  The results from the use of such device be provided to a parent and be held as a confidential medical record;

  This change ensures that results from the use of biofeedback devices on minors are provided to parents and treated as confidential.