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MS SB2895

Bill

Status

Failed

2/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jeremy England

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires parental, guardian, or surrogate consent for all health care provided to unemancipated minors, with exceptions for mental illness treatment, emergencies, judicial consent, blood donation (age 16+), infectious disease diagnosis, Child Protective Services custody, inmates, and baby drop-off situations.

  • Eliminates authorization for unemancipated minors to participate as research subjects, restricting research participation to adults and emancipated minors only.

  • Prohibits physicians from providing contraceptive supplies and information to minors except in compliance with the parental consent requirement in Section 41-41-3.

  • Repeals existing law allowing minors to receive venereal disease treatment and mental health treatment (age 15+) without parental consent.

  • Authorizes parents to sue for violations, allows recovery of declaratory relief, injunctive relief, nominal and compensatory damages, attorney's fees, and costs; waives sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunities for violations.

Legislative Description

Parental consent for minor's healthcare treatment; establish certain provisions related thereto.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division A1/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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