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Sponsor frames HB 191 as parental‑rights measure; hospitals and coaches warn of unintended consequences
Summary
HB 191 would require written, notarized parental consent before an unemancipated minor may be transported by a nonparent for a surgical procedure. Sponsors invoked longstanding parental rights precedents; hospitals and community volunteers raised timing and liability concerns.
Sponsor Representative Glenn Cordelli said HB 191 is “basically a parents rights bill” that would require written parental consent before a nonparent transports an unemancipated minor for a surgical procedure. He cited Meyer v. Nebraska and other due‑process precedents as grounding parental authority to direct a child’s upbringing.
Witnesses raised practical concerns. Kristen Martino (previous hearing) had testified earlier about marriage forms; at this hearing the Hospital Association (Ben Bradley) said…
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