Florida HB 173: Parental Rights

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to parental rights; amending s. 2
381.0051, F.S.; revising requirements for the 3
provision of maternal health and contraceptive 4
information and services to minors; amending s. 5
384.30, F.S.; requiring consent from a parent or 6
guardian for a minor's treatment for certain diseases; 7
amending s. 394.459, F.S.; conforming a provision to 8
changes made by the act; repealing s. 394.4784, F.S., 9
relating to minors' access to outpatient crisis 10
intervention services and treatment; amending s. 11
394.495, F.S.; requiring consent from a parent or 12
guardian for certain services provided by a mobile 13
response team; amending s. 397.431, F.S.; revising 14
responsibility for the cost of certain substance abuse 15
services; amending s. 397.501, F.S.; revising 16
requirements for consent to disclosure of individual 17
records; amending s. 397.601, F.S.; revising 18
requirements for voluntary admission for substance 19
abuse impairment services; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; 20
requiring school districts to provide parents with 21
specified information before the district administers 22
certain questionnaires or forms to students; requiring 23
school districts to give parents an opportunity to opt 24
their students out of such questionnaire or form; 25

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amending s. 1014.04, F.S.; revising exceptions for 26
certain parental rights; providing that a parent has 27
the right to review, inspect, and consent to a 28
specified survey or questionnaire before the survey or 29
questionnaire is provided to the parent's minor child; 30
providing that a parent has the right to certain 31
information about the survey or questionnaire at the 32
time consent is provided; providing applicability; 33
providing that a parent has the right to consent in 34
writing to the use of a biofeedback device on the 35
parent's minor child; defining the term "biofeedback 36
device"; requiring that the results from the use of 37
such device be provided to a parent and be held as a 38
confidential medical record; amending s. 1014.06, 39
F.S.; revising exceptions for specified requirements 40
of parental consent; reenacting ss. 408.813(3)(f) and 41
456.072(1)(rr), F.S., relating to administrative fines 42
and grounds for discipline, respectively, to 43
incorporate the amendment made to s. 1014.06, F.S., in 44
references thereto; providing an effective date. 45
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 47
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Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 49
381.0051, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 50

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381.0051 Family planning.— 51
(4) MINORS; PROVISION OF MATERNAL HEALTH AND CONTRACEPTIVE 52
INFORMATION AND SERVICES.— 53
(a) Maternal health and contraceptive information and 54
services of a nonsurgical nature may be rendered to any minor by 55
persons licensed to practice medicine under the provisions of 56
chapter 458 or chapter 459, as well as by the Department of 57
Health through its family planning program, provided the minor: 58
1. Is married; 59
2. Is a parent; 60
3. Is pregnant; or 61
4. Has the consent of a parent or legal guardian; or 62
5. May, in the opinion of the physician, suffer probable 63
health hazards if such services are not provided. 64
Section 2. Section 384.30, Florida Statutes, is amended to 65
read: 66
384.30 Minors' consent to treatment.— 67
(1) The department and its authorized representatives, 68
each physician licensed to practice medicine under the 69
provisions of chapter 458 or chapter 459, each health care 70
professional licensed under the provisions of part I of chapter 71
464 who is acting pursuant to the scope of his or her license, 72
and each public or private hospital, clinic, or other health 73
facility may examine and provide treatment for sexually 74
transmissible diseases to any minor, if the physician, health 75

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care professional, or facility is qualified to provide such 76
examination and treatment. The consent of a parent the parents 77
or guardian guardians of a minor is not a prerequisite for an 78
examination; however, the consent of a parent or guardian is 79
required for or treatment. 80
(2) The fact of consultation, examination, and treatment 81
of a minor for a sexually transmissible disease is confidential 82
and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and may shall not 83
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