Virginia House Bill 353 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Unaccompanied homeless youth; consent to medical care. Provides that except for the purposes of sterilization or abortion, a minor who is 14 years of age or older and who is an unaccompanied homeless youth shall be deemed an adult for the purpose of consenting to surgical or medical examination or treatment, including dental examination and treatment, for himself or his minor child. The bill describes evidence sufficient to determine that a minor is an unaccompanied homeless youth and provides that no health care provider shall be liable for any civil or criminal action for providing surgical or medical treatment to an unaccompanied homeless youth or his minor child without first obtaining the consent of his parent or guardian provided in accordance with the law, with the exception of liability for negligence in the diagnosis or treatment of such unaccompanied homeless youth.

Unaccompanied homeless youth; consent to medical care.

Del. Rodney Willett [D]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]
Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]
Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]

2022-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 4-N) (Y: 5 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 4-N)
2022-01-18	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103664D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2969	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB353
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB353+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB353F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1202V0017+HB0353