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LA HB775

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2026

Primary Sponsor

Emily Chenevert

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires parental consent from a domiciliary parent, tutor, legal guardian, or person with legal authority for all medical and mental health services provided to minors under age 17

  • Establishes exceptions allowing minors to consent independently: members of U.S. armed forces, emancipated minors, pregnant minors seeking pregnancy-related care, treatment for alcohol/substance misuse, STD treatment, blood donation, suspected abuse/neglect cases, and voluntary admission to treatment facilities

  • Grants parents, tutors, and legal guardians mandatory access to their minor child's medical records transmitted to any company, agency, or person

  • Repeals existing law that allowed minors who believed themselves afflicted with illness or addicted to drugs to consent to their own medical care without parental involvement

  • Repeals school and facility authority to provide preventive counseling or treatment to minors without parental consent, while maintaining implied consent for emergency medical treatment for minors under 18

Legislative Description

Provides relative to minor's consent for medical procedures and treatments

HEALTH/CHILDREN

Last Action

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

3/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Health and Welfare2/27/2026

Full Bill Text

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