Bill Text: WV SB523 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requiring parental notification of school-based dispensaries of contraceptives to minors

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-23 - To Health and Human Resources [SB523 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2024-SB523-Introduced.html

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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2024 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 523

By Senator Maynard

[Introduced January 23, 2024; referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-22e, relating to requiring public schools to notify parents when dispensing contraceptives to minors; and providing a definition.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

 

ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

§18-5-22e. Contraceptives; parental notice; definition.

(a) A public school located within this state shall provide parental notification when it dispenses a contraceptive to a minor.

(b) For the purposes of this section "contraceptive" means a drug or device approved by the Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require public schools to notify parents when dispensing contraceptives to minors. The bill provides a definition.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.