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Committee hears competing views on bill to ensure parents electronic access to minors' medical records
Summary
Lawmakers heard Feb. 11 on House Bill 560, which would require providers to make minor children’s medical records — including patient-portal records — available to parents, subject to state and federal confidentiality exceptions.
Representative Melissa Litchfield and Melissa Blasek (Rebuild NH) introduced House Bill 560 on Feb. 11, a proposal to strengthen parental access to minor children’s medical records, particularly patient-portal electronic records, while carving out statutory exceptions for services that federal or state law already protects (for example, certain reproductive-health and substance-use services).
Sponsors said the problem is widespread: parents report losing portal access to children’s records when children reach an age (commonly about 12) and that practices sometimes require minors to create independent accounts or otherwise block parents from portal access. Supporters framed the bill…
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