Bill Text: TX HB330 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination or medical treatment related to contraception.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Left pending in committee [HB330 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB330-Introduced.html
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| By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 330 | |
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| relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to | ||
| examination or medical treatment related to contraception. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 32.003(a), Family Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) A child may consent to medical, dental, psychological, | ||
| and surgical treatment for the child by a licensed physician or | ||
| dentist if the child: | ||
| (1) is on active duty with the armed services of the | ||
| United States of America; | ||
| (2) is: | ||
| (A) 16 years of age or older and resides separate | ||
| and apart from the child's parents, managing conservator, or | ||
| guardian, with or without the consent of the parents, managing | ||
| conservator, or guardian and regardless of the duration of the | ||
| residence; and | ||
| (B) managing the child's own financial affairs, | ||
| regardless of the source of the income; | ||
| (3) consents to the diagnosis and treatment of an | ||
| infectious, contagious, or communicable disease that is required by | ||
| law or a rule to be reported by the licensed physician or dentist to | ||
| a local health officer or the [ |
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| Services, including all diseases within the scope of Section | ||
| 81.041, Health and Safety Code; | ||
| (4) is unmarried and pregnant and consents to | ||
| hospital, medical, or surgical treatment, other than abortion, | ||
| related to the pregnancy; | ||
| (5) consents to examination and treatment for drug or | ||
| chemical addiction, drug or chemical dependency, or any other | ||
| condition directly related to drug or chemical use; | ||
| (6) is unmarried, is the parent of a child, and has | ||
| actual custody of his or her child and consents to medical, dental, | ||
| psychological, or surgical treatment for the child; [ |
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| (7) is serving a term of confinement in a facility | ||
| operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal | ||
| Justice, unless the treatment would constitute a prohibited | ||
| practice under Section 164.052(a)(19), Occupations Code; or | ||
| (8) is 15 years of age or older, is unmarried, is the | ||
| mother of a child, and consents to examination or medical treatment | ||
| related to contraception, other than abortion or emergency | ||
| contraception. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
