Virginia House Bill 1239 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-06 - Continued to 2025 in Health and Human Services by voice vote
Pending: House Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Unaccompanied homeless youth; consent to surgical or medical care. Provides that except for the purposes of sexual 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 surgical or medical care.

Del. Rodney Willett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-06	House	Continued to 2025 in Health and Human Services by voice vote
2024-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
2024-01-23	House	Assigned sub: Health
2024-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
2024-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103897D

HB1239 (Carry Over) 2024-02-06 - Continued to 2025 in Health and Human Services by voice vote

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?251+sum+HB1239
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+HB1239+hil