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OR HB2429
Bill
Status
6/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Dwayne Yunker
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AI Summary
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Repeals Oregon statutes (ORS 109.640, 109.650, 109.670, 109.675, 109.685, 109.690, 109.695) that currently allow unemancipated minors to consent to certain health care services without parental consent
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Limits independent health care consent authority exclusively to minors who have obtained a formal judgment of emancipation through juvenile court
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Amends hospital discharge policies to redefine "lay caregiver" so that patients under 18 must have a parent or legal guardian involved, rather than the previous age threshold of 14
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Removes provisions that allowed minors who reached the "age of consent for medical care" to sign school immunization documents on their own behalf; only emancipated minors may now do so
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Retains mental health care provider authority to disclose minor patient information to parents or guardians in certain circumstances, including suicide risk and need for inpatient treatment
Legislative Description
Relating to medical decision-making by individuals under 18 years of age.
Last Action
In committee upon adjournment.
6/27/2025