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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 547 By: Guthrie
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to health care; amending 63 O.S.
7 2021, Section 2602, which relates to minor self-
8 consent to health services; modifying applicability
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9 parental consent for administration of vaccines to
9 minors; granting certain protections to parent or
10 legal guardian related to medical records; providing
10 exceptions; making language gender neutral; updating
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 2602, is
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16 amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 2602. A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
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18 the following minors may consent to have services provided by health
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19 professionals in the following cases:
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20 1. Any minor who is married, has a dependent child, or is
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21 emancipated;
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22 2. Any minor who is separated from his or her parents or legal
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23 guardian for whatever reason and is not supported by his or her
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24 parents or guardian;
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1 3. Any minor who is or has been pregnant, afflicted with any
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2 reportable communicable disease, drug and substance abuse, or
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3 abusive use of alcohol; provided, however, that such self-consent:
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4 a. only applies to the prevention, diagnosis, and
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5 treatment of those conditions specified in this
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6 section, and
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7 b. shall not apply to administration of any vaccine,
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8 which shall require the consent of the parent or legal
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9 guardian except as otherwise provided by law.
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10 Any health professional who accepts the responsibility of
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11 providing such health services also assumes the obligation to
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12 provide counseling for the minor by a health professional. If the
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13 minor is found not to be pregnant nor suffering from a communicable
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14 disease, nor drug or substance abuse, nor abusive use of alcohol,
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15 the health professional shall not reveal any information whatsoever
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16 to the spouse, parent, or legal guardian, without the consent of the
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17 minor;
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18 4. Any minor parent as to his or her child;
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19 5. Any spouse of a minor when the minor is unable to give
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20 consent by reason of physical or mental incapacity;
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21 6. Any minor who by reason of physical or mental capacity
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22 cannot give consent and has no known relatives or legal guardian, if
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23 two physicians agree on the health service to be given;
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1 7. Any minor in need of emergency services for conditions which
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2 will endanger his or her health or life if delay would result by
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3 obtaining consent from his or her spouse, parent, or legal guardian;
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4 provided, however, that the prescribing of any medicine or device
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5 for the prevention of pregnancy shall not be considered such an
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6 emergency service; or
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7 8. Any minor who is the victim of sexual assault; provided,
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8 however, that such self-consent only applies to a forensic medical
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9 examination by a qualified licensed health care professional.
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10 B. If any minor falsely represents that he or she may give
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11 consent and a health professional provides health services in good
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12 faith based upon that misrepresentation, the minor shall receive
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13 full services without the consent of the minor's parent or legal
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14 guardian and the health professional shall incur no liability except
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15 for negligence or intentional harm. Consent of the minor shall not
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16 be subject to later disaffirmance or revocation because of his or
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17 her minority.
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18 B. C. 1. The health professional shall be required to:
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19 a. make a reasonable attempt to inform the spouse,
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20 parent, or legal guardian of the minor of any
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21 treatment needed or provided under paragraph 7 of
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22 subsection A of this section, and
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23 b. except as otherwise provided by law, obtain the
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24 consent of the parent or legal guardian of the minor
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1 before administering any vaccine to a minor for a
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2 communicable disease as described under paragraph 3 of
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3 subsection A of this section.
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4 2. In all other instances the health professional may, but
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5 shall not be required to, inform the spouse, parent, or legal
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6 guardian of the minor of any treatment needed or provided. The
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7 judgment of the health professional as to notification shall be
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8 final, and his or her disclosure shall not constitute libel,
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9 slander, the breach of the right of privacy, the breach of the rule
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10 of privileged communication, or result in any other breach that
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11 would incur liability.
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12 D. 1. Except as provided by paragraph 2 of this subsection:
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13 a. the parent or legal guardian of a minor shall have the
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14 right to access and review all medical records of the
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15 minor, and
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16 b. a health professional shall not prevent or restrict
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17 access to the minor's medical records by the parent or
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18 legal guardian.
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19 2. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to cases:
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20 a. as described in paragraphs 1, 2, 5, and 6 of
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21 subsection A of this section,
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22 b. where such access and review is prohibited by law, or
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23 c. where the parent is the subject of an investigation of
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24 a crime committed against the minor child and a law
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1 enforcement official requests that the information not
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3 E. Information about the minor obtained through care by a
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4 health professional under the provisions of this act Section 2601 et
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5 seq. of this title shall not be disseminated to any health
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6 professional, school, law enforcement agency or official, court
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7 authority, government agency, or official employer, without the
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8 consent of the minor, except through specific legal requirements or
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9 if the giving of the information is necessary to the health of the
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10 minor and public. Statistical reporting may be done when the
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11 minor's identity is kept confidential.
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12 F. The health professional shall not incur criminal liability
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13 for action under the provisions of this act Section 2601 et seq. of
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14 this title except for negligence or intentional harm.
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15 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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