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House passes bill letting unaccompanied homeless youth obtain services without parental consent after amendment
Summary
The Vermont House passed H657 after adopting an amendment that narrows liability protections for providers and clarifies shelter-provider exemptions; sponsors said the changes balance access to services with safeguards against criminal activity.
The Vermont House passed H657, an act enabling unaccompanied homeless youth to obtain certain services without parental consent, after adopting an amendment designed to tighten immunity language and correct statutory oversights.
Representative Arsenal (House, Williston), who spoke for the House Judiciary Committee, said the amendment narrows the bill’s immunity-from-liability provision so that professionals may “rely in good faith on a certification form presented by a…
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