Parental rights in minor child’s health care.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on which minors are affected by the removal of consent rights.

Parental Rights in Minor Child’s Health Care

The bill removes certain minors' ability to consent to tobacco cessation treatment and medical treatments without parental consent.

What This Bill Does

• Removes a rule that lets some older teenagers decide on their own for tobacco cessation treatment.
• Takes away a rule that allows doctors to give vaccines or other medical care to younger teens without asking parents first.

Who It Names or Affects

• Parents and guardians of minor children
• Doctors and healthcare providers who treat minors

Terms To Know

Tobacco cessation treatment

Medical help to stop using tobacco products like cigarettes or chewing tobacco.

Vaccination

A medical shot that helps prevent diseases.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify which minors can no longer make these decisions on their own.
• It is unclear how healthcare providers will be affected by this change in the law.
• This bill was marked as inactive, meaning it did not pass and won't become a new law.

Current Bill Text

24LSO-0150

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0044

Parental rights in minor child’s health care.

Sponsored by: Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to children; repealing a provision authorizing specified minors to consent to tobacco cessation treatment; repealing a provision authorizing vaccination or medical treatment of a minor child without parental consent as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 14-1-101(b)(vi) and 35-4-113(b)(i) are repealed.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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