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AL SB226
Bill
Status
4/19/2023
Primary Sponsor
April Weaver
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AI Summary
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Removes the age 14 requirement and high school graduation status as grounds for minors to consent to medical treatment, keeping only married, divorced, and pregnant status.
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Allows minors who are married or have been married and are now divorced to consent to medical, dental, and mental health services without parental consent.
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Removes pregnant minors' ability to consent to pregnancy-related medical treatment under Section 22-8-6.
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Maintains minors' ability to consent to treatment for venereal disease, drug dependency, alcohol toxicity, and reportable diseases without parental consent.
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Effective date is the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.
Legislative Description
Relating to consent to medical treatment; to amend Sections 22-8-4 and 22-8-6, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide that a minor who is married or divorced may consent to certain medical treatment; and to provide that a pregnant minor may not consent to certain pregnancy-related treatment.
Last Action
Introduced and Referred to Senate Children and Youth Health
4/19/2023