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WV SB595
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/23/2026
Primary Sponsor
Laura Wakim Chapman
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AI Summary
- Requires both parents to consent before any non-emergency, non-life-threatening medical procedure can be performed on their child
- Amends West Virginia Code §48-9-207, which governs allocation of decision-making responsibility between parents in custody arrangements
- Maintains existing law allowing the parent with physical custody to make day-to-day decisions and emergency health and safety decisions independently
- Preserves the rebuttable presumption that joint decision-making responsibility is in the child's best interest when both parents have been actively involved in parenting
Legislative Description
Requiring both parents consent for non-emergency and non-life-threatening procedures on children
Courts
Last Action
To Health and Human Resources
1/23/2026
Committee Referrals
Health and Human Resources1/23/2026
Full Bill Text
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