What's happening
This bill allows minors under 18 to consent to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including vaccines, without parental consent.
Why it matters
Expands minors’ autonomy and privacy in sexual health care. , potentially encouraging more teenagers to seek early diagnosis, treatment, and preventive services for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), reducing the spread and long-term health impacts.
Allows a broader range of health care practitioners (not just physicians) to provide STD-related care. to minors, which could increase access—especially in clinics, schools, or areas with provider shortages.
Specifically includes prevention measures such as vaccines (e.g., HPV vaccine). , meaning minors can choose to protect themselves from certain STDs even if parents might oppose or delay such care, possibly reducing future cancer and infection rates.
Requires that any information about vaccines provided to minors be handled in accordance with state privacy laws. , balancing increased minor consent rights with established patient confidentiality protections.
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STD Care for Minors
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8 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to health
- Referred to health
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STD Treatment Access for Minors
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Liz Krueger
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2469
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 20, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, JAFFEE, ROSENTHAL, STECK, BRONSON, SKARTADOS, FAHY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HEVESI, JENNE, PERRY, RICHARDSON, SIMON, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing medical care to minors for sexually transmitted diseases without a parent's or guardian's consent
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 2305 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 878 of the laws of 1980, the section heading and subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by section 35 of part E of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2305. Sexually transmitted diseases; care and treatment [by licensed physician or staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions]; consent by minors. 1. No person, other than a [licensed physician, or, in a hospital, a staff physician] health care practitioner, shall diagnose, treat or prescribe for a person who is infected with a sexually transmitted disease, or who has been exposed to infection with a sexually transmitted disease, or dispense or sell a drug, medicine or remedy for the treatment of such person except on prescription of a [duly licensed physician] health care practitioner.
2. (a) A [licensed physician, or in a hospital, a staff physician] health care practitioner, may diagnose, treat or prescribe treatment for a sexually transmitted disease for a person under the age of [twentyone] eighteen years without the consent or knowledge of the parents or [guardian] guardians of said person, where such person is infected with a sexually transmitted disease, or has been exposed to infection with a sexually transmitted disease.
(b) A health care practitioner may provide health care related to the prevention of a sexually transmissible disease, including administering
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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vaccines, to a person under the age of eighteen years without the consent or knowledge of the parents or guardians of such person, provided that the person has capacity to consent to the care, without regard to the person's age, and the person consents.
(c) Any release of patient information regarding vaccines provided under this section shall be consistent with sections seventeen and eighteen of this chapter and other applicable laws and regulations.
3. For the purposes of this section, [the term]
(a) "hospital" shall mean a hospital as defined in article twentyeight of this chapter; and
(b) "health care practitioner" shall mean a person licensed, certified or otherwise authorized to practice under title eight of the education law, acting within his or her lawful scope of practice.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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