FL H0241

Creates Chapter 1014, Florida Statutes ("Parents' Bill of Rights"), establishing that the state may not infringe on a parent's fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of their minor child without demonstrating a compelling state interest through narrowly tailored, least restrictive means

Enumerates specific parental rights including directing education and moral/religious training, choosing public or private schooling, making health care decisions, accessing school and medical records, and providing written consent before biometric scans, DNA/blood records, or video/voice recordings of their child

Requires each district school board to develop and adopt a parental involvement policy covering course of study information, procedures to object to instructional materials, opt-out rights for sex education and health education, school choice options, and immunization exemptions, with a 10-day response deadline for written parental information requests

Prohibits health care practitioners and facilities from providing health care services, prescribing medicinal drugs, or performing medical procedures on a minor without written parental consent, with exceptions for abortions (governed separately under Chapter 390) and clinical laboratory services without direct patient encounters

Violations by health care practitioners or facilities are punishable as a first-degree misdemeanor, subject to administrative fines up to $500 per violation, and constitute grounds for professional disciplinary action; government employees who encourage or coerce a child to withhold information from a parent may also face discipline