Bill Text: WV SB218 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring parental notification of school-based dispensing of contraceptives to minors
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-12 - To Health and Human Resources [SB218 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-SB218-Introduced.html
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2022 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 218
By Senator Maynard
[Introduced January 12, 2022;
referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and then to the Committee on
the Judiciary]
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.
