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Committee approves raising age of medical consent from 14 to 16 with exceptions; substitute adopted
Summary
Senate Bill 101, which would raise the age at which a minor can consent to general medical care from 14 to 16, was advanced by the House Health Committee after adoption of a substitute negotiated with medical and mental-health groups; specified exceptions remain in the bill.
House Health Committee members approved Senate Bill 101, a measure to raise the default age of consent for general medical care from 14 to 16, after adopting a negotiated substitute April 23.
What the bill would do Presenters said the age of medical-consent for general health care in Alabama has been 14 since 1972; SB 101 would raise that threshold to 16 for most routine medical decisions while preserving exceptions. The substitute presented to the committee provides that parents would have access to their minor child's medical records and keeps long-standing exceptions…
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