HB1223Tabled
authorize informed consent to certain procedures and medication by a pregnant minor.
This bill allows pregnant minors to consent to pain-relief procedures or medications during labor and delivery without parental permission, but only if their doctor determines that a parent is unavailable, unable to consent due to mental or physical incapacity, or refusing consent for punitive reasons. The bill requires doctors to attempt getting parental consent first and to document their reasoning before accepting a minor's own consent. Emancipated minors are not affected by these restrictions.