Bill Text: TX HB2159 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination or medical treatment related to contraception.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2159 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2159-Introduced.html

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83R6977 SCL-F
By: M. Gonzalez of El Paso H.B. No. 2159

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 [Texas] Department of State Health
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; [or]
(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, other than abortion or emergency contraception, related
to contraception.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.