Committee adopts amendment and refers parental bill of rights to state government finance committee after partisan roll call

House File 22, a proposal described by its sponsor as the "Parent Bill of Rights," moved forward in the Minnesota House Health Finance and Policy Committee on Friday after the committee adopted an amendment clarifying parental access to minors’ health records and the exam room and then voted to refer the bill to the Committee of State Government Finance and Policy.

Representative Gilman, the bill’s author, presented the legislation and an A5 amendment the committee adopted by voice vote. The A5 changes, as described to the committee, modify when a parent may access a minor’s health records, require providers to allow a parent to be in the examination room when the minor is receiving health services (with enumerated exceptions), and require notice to parents about standard questions the provider will ask the minor during a visit. The amendment preserved existing exceptions allowing a minor to consent to services when the minor is living apart and financially…