{"id":232278,"date":"2025-05-09T07:18:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T07:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/house-passes-senate-bill-raising-age-of-medical-consent-for-minors\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T07:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T07:18:28","slug":"house-passes-senate-bill-raising-age-of-medical-consent-for-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=232278","title":{"rendered":"House passes Senate bill raising age of medical consent for minors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The House of Representatives passed SB101, a measure that would raise the age of consent for medical, dental and mental health care in the state from 14 to 16 years old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sponsored by Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia, and carried in the House by Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Hoover, the bill has been making its way through the legislature since the beginning of the session. SB101 passed in the Senate 30-2 on April 8.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since 1972, Alabama law has allowed minors as young as 14 to consent to medical treatment without parental involvement. SB101 aims to shift that threshold to 16, requiring parental consent for most medical decisions that individuals younger than 16 make. The bill also prevents health care providers and government agencies from withholding a minor\u2019s medical records from their parents or guardians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. DuBose stated on the floor that this medical age of consent is one of the lowest in the nation. Only three states across the country have a medical age of consent below 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe know that 14-year-olds\u2019 brains are not fully formed. We don\u2019t let them get tattoos or vote or many, many things. We want parents engaged in this process,\u201d said Dubose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bill includes several exemptions to accommodate practical health care needs. Minors under 16 who are pregnant or legally emancipated would retain the ability to make their own medical decisions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minors may still consent to services related to sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse or in cases of medical emergencies. Health care providers would be allowed to intervene without parental consent if there is an imminent threat to the child\u2019s health or in instances of suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation.<\/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\">Rep. Ginny Shaver, R-Leesburg, brought forth <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">an amendment to clarify the scope of services that school counselors may provide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The amendment replaces the wording \u201ceducation relating to mental health, suicide prevention, or bullying prevention\u201d to \u201ceducation relating to mental health, suicide counseling, or bullying counseling.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt specifies that it\u2019s individual counseling and not a group activity in a school, where if the whole sixth grade is going to watch a video on bullying, parental consent is not needed for that. If it\u2019s individual counseling, parental consent would be needed for that,\u201d said Shaver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With House approval secured by a vote of 85-0-18, the bill is now going to Gov. Kay Ivey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives passed SB101, a measure that would raise the age of consent for medical, dental and mental health care in the state from 14 to 16 years old.\u00a0 Sponsored by Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia, and carried in the House by Rep. 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