Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 813: Parental access to minor's medical records; consent by certain minors to treatment.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
HB 813 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Parental access to minor's medical records; consent by certain minors to treatment. Primary sponsor: Candi Mundon King. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Health and Human Services.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Parental access to minor's medical records; consent by certain minors to treatment of mental or emotional disorder. Adds an exception to the right of parental access to a minor child's health records if the furnishing to or review by the requesting parent of such health records would be reasonably likely to deter the minor from seeking care. Under the bill, a minor 16 years of age or older who is determined by a health care provider to be mature and capable of giving informed consent shall be deemed an adult for the purpose of giving consent to treatment of a mental or emotional disorder. The bill provides that the capacity of a minor to consent to treatment of a mental or emotional disorder does not include the capacity to refuse treatment for a mental or emotional disorder for which a parent, guardian, or custodian of the minor has given consent and that a parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a minor shall be notified by a health care provider of the minor's drug abuse, substance abuse, or potential of self-harm.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candi Mundon King | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Kathy Tran | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 18 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Health and Human Services
- Continued to 2025 in Health and Human Services (Voice Vote)
- Assigned sub: Behavioral Health
- Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104505D