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PA HB83
Bill
Status
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Barbara Gleim
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AI Summary
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Raises the minimum age for minors to independently consent to voluntary inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment from 14 to 16 years old.
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Parents or legal guardians may revoke consent for a minor's mental health treatment, but minors aged 16-18 can override by providing their own consent for continued treatment.
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Physicians or other providers become liable for a minor's treatment decisions when rendering medical, dental, health, or mental health services without parental consent.
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Excludes minors with "special needs" from the act, defined as significantly subaverage intellectual functioning with limitations in at least two adaptive skill areas (communication, self-care, social skills, etc.) with onset before age 22.
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Takes effect 60 days after enactment.
Legislative Description
Amending the act of February 13, 1970 (P.L.19, No.10), entitled "An act enabling certain minors to consent to medical, dental and health services, declaring consent unnecessary under certain circumstances," further providing for mental health treatment and for liability for rendering services; and providing for applicability.
Last Action
Referred to Health
1/14/2025