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House approves bill giving parents limited second‑opinion right in child‑welfare medical cases
Summary
The House passed second substitute H.B. 170, which gives parents the right to obtain a second medical opinion in most DCFS‑related medical recommendations but allows state intervention when treatment is life‑threatening; the measure passed 49-19 and moves to the Senate.
The Utah House on Feb. 16 approved second substitute House Bill 170, a measure the sponsor described as extending parents the right to seek a second medical opinion when the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) acts on medical recommendations for children.
Representative Matt Throckmorton, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure expands language that previously focused on psychiatric medication to cover “medical treatment” more broadly while…
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