WV SB719

Minors aged 16 and older may consent to general health services, sexually transmitted disease treatment, alcohol addiction treatment, and controlled substance addiction treatment, but healthcare providers must notify the minor's parent, guardian, foster parent, or kinship placement of services to be rendered

Parental notification is not required if: a court order prevents the parent from making medical decisions, the minor has graduated high school, the minor is emancipated, the minor is married, or there is a pending criminal case against the parent for child abuse or neglect

Removes the definition of "mature minor" from West Virginia's Health Care Decisions Act, eliminating the previous provision allowing physicians or psychologists to determine a minor's capacity to make healthcare decisions

Eliminates the ability of minors aged 16-18 to independently consent to do-not-resuscitate orders, removing the previous requirement that mature minors must consent to such orders and that their wishes prevail over parents' wishes in cases of conflict

Replaces previous law allowing minors to receive treatment for STDs, alcohol addiction, and controlled substance addiction without parental knowledge or consent with the new framework requiring parental notification with specified exceptions