{"id":204044,"date":"2025-04-25T04:31:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T04:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/bill-advancing-parental-consent-in-minors-healthcare-moves-to-house\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T04:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T04:31:40","slug":"bill-advancing-parental-consent-in-minors-healthcare-moves-to-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044","title":{"rendered":"Bill advancing parental consent in minors&#8217; healthcare moves to House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The House Health Standing Committee has advanced SB101, a measure that originally would raise the age at which minors can consent to medical treatment from 14 to 18. Introduced by Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia, the bill states that minors under a certain age must obtain parental consent for most medical services, including mental health counseling and vaccinations, except in cases such as pregnancy, marriage, divorce or emancipation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proponents argue that this bill reinforces parental involvement in children\u2019s healthcare decisions. Senator Stutts, also a licensed doctor, previously stated, \u201cparents have the right to be involved, and should be involved\u201d in their children\u2019s medical care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, critics contend that the legislation could deter minors from seeking necessary care, particularly in situations involving abuse or neglect. Inversely, parents of any minor under 19 may approve medical treatment regarding mental health services \u201ceven if the minor has expressly refused such treatment services.\u201d Opponents highlight that requiring parental consent may delay or prevent access to critical services for vulnerable youth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minors are permitted to consent to determine the presence of sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, drug dependency or alcohol toxicity. Certain exceptions are enshrined for school counselors in the event of imminent danger, suspected abuse or immediate necessity for grief counseling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A code section was added that permits parents or legal guardians the right to access their minor child\u2019s health information when it is held by a health care provider or a government agency, as long as they request it. However, this access can be restricted in certain situations, such as when a court order prohibits it or if the parent or guardian is under investigation for a crime involving the child.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A second code section was added that explicitly states that, \u201cParents have the fundamental right and duty to make decisions concerning the furnishing of health care services to their minor child.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A substitute bill was presented to the Health Committee that would lower the age provision from the introduced bill from 18 years old to 16 years old. Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Hoover, carried the bill for Stutts during the committee meeting. DuBose said that the substitute was a compromise between health organizations and legislators.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bill will now go to the House for consideration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Health Standing Committee has advanced SB101, a measure that originally would raise the age at which minors can consent to medical treatment from 14 to 18. Introduced by Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia, the bill states that minors under a certain age must obtain parental consent for most medical services, including mental health counseling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":204045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11763],"tags":[33526,78127,22291,6795,16490,4391,594,65692,36866,78128,11379,2589,74752,78129,64748],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-204044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alabama","tag-2025-legislative-session","tag-access-restrictions","tag-advancing","tag-bill","tag-consent","tag-healthcare","tag-house","tag-house-health-committee","tag-minors","tag-minors-healthcare","tag-moves","tag-parental","tag-parental-consent","tag-school-counselors","tag-sen-larry-stutts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bill advancing parental consent in minors&#039; healthcare moves to House - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bill advancing parental consent in minors&#039; healthcare moves to House - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The House Health Standing Committee has advanced SB101, a measure that originally would raise the age at which minors can consent to medical treatment from 14 to 18. Introduced by Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia, the bill states that minors under a certain age must obtain parental consent for most medical services, including mental health counseling [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-25T04:31:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_543400574-scaled-e1681216818461-1024x576.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"Bill advancing parental consent in minors&#8217; healthcare moves to House\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-25T04:31:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044\"},\"wordCount\":385,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_543400574-scaled-e1681216818461-1024x576.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"2025 Legislative Session\",\"access restrictions\",\"Advancing\",\"Bill\",\"Consent\",\"healthcare\",\"HOUSE\",\"House Health Committee\",\"Minors\",\"minors' healthcare\",\"Moves\",\"Parental\",\"parental consent\",\"school counselors\",\"Sen. Larry Stutts\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Alabama\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044\",\"name\":\"Bill advancing parental consent in minors' healthcare moves to House - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_543400574-scaled-e1681216818461-1024x576.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-25T04:31:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_543400574-scaled-e1681216818461-1024x576.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_543400574-scaled-e1681216818461-1024x576.jpeg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bill advancing parental consent in minors&#8217; healthcare moves to House\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bill advancing parental consent in minors' healthcare moves to House - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bill advancing parental consent in minors' healthcare moves to House - Som2ny Network","og_description":"The House Health Standing Committee has advanced SB101, a measure that originally would raise the age at which minors can consent to medical treatment from 14 to 18. Introduced by Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia, the bill states that minors under a certain age must obtain parental consent for most medical services, including mental health counseling [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2025-04-25T04:31:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_543400574-scaled-e1681216818461-1024x576.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371"},"headline":"Bill advancing parental consent in minors&#8217; healthcare moves to House","datePublished":"2025-04-25T04:31:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044"},"wordCount":385,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_543400574-scaled-e1681216818461-1024x576.jpeg","keywords":["2025 Legislative Session","access restrictions","Advancing","Bill","Consent","healthcare","HOUSE","House Health Committee","Minors","minors' healthcare","Moves","Parental","parental consent","school counselors","Sen. Larry Stutts"],"articleSection":["Alabama"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044","name":"Bill advancing parental consent in minors' healthcare moves to House - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_543400574-scaled-e1681216818461-1024x576.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-04-25T04:31:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_543400574-scaled-e1681216818461-1024x576.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AdobeStock_543400574-scaled-e1681216818461-1024x576.jpeg","width":1024,"height":576},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=204044#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bill advancing parental consent in minors&#8217; healthcare moves to House"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fivemor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/204045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204044"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=204044"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=204044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}