HF 2044: Providing an exception relating to vaccines to a minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of medical care or services for a sexually transmitted disease or infection

What it does

Under Code section 135A.35, a minor has the legal capacity to act and give consent to provision of medical care or services to the minor for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease or infection by a hospital, clinic, or health care provider. Under the bill, the minor’s legal capacity to consent under this Code section is limited such that a minor does not have legal capacity to consent to the provision of a vaccine included on the vaccine injury table under federal law.

Lobbying · 0 for, 12 against

Against: American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Family Planning Council of Iowa; Iowa Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa Nurse Practitioners Society; Iowa Nurses Association; Iowa Primary Care Association; Iowa Public Health Association; League of Women Voters of Iowa

In plain words

1. January 16, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee