Parental rights regarding vaccination.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide details on the specific conditions under which treatment could occur without consent or what happens if parents cannot be reached in emergencies.

Parental Rights and Vaccinations

The bill removes a rule that allowed doctors to vaccinate or treat minor children without parental consent in certain cases.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the part of the law that lets medical professionals give vaccines or other treatments to minors without parental consent under specific conditions.

Who It Names or Affects

• Parents and guardians of minor children
• Medical professionals who treat or vaccinate minors

Terms To Know

Parental consent

The permission given by a parent or guardian for their child to receive medical treatment.

Minor children

People under the age of 18 who are not legally independent and require parental approval for certain actions.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill did not pass in its current session.
• It does not specify what happens if parents cannot be reached or refuse consent in emergencies.

Current Bill Text

24LSO-0265

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0057

Parental rights regarding vaccination.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Ward, Angelos, Hornok, Ottman, Penn and Trujillo and Senator(s) Hutchings

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; 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W.S. 35-4-113(b)(i) is repealed.

Section 2
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This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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