SF 2064: Providing an exception 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

This bill relates to the legal capacity of a minor to consent to provision of medical care or services to the minor for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease or infection. Under Code section 139A.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. The bill amends the Code section to provide an exception to the minor’s legal capacity to consent. Under the bill, a minor does not have the legal capacity to consent to the provision of vaccinations for a sexually transmitted disease or infection.

Senate subcommittee · named January 23, 2024

• Sen. Kevin Alons (R) · kevin.alons@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Sandy Salmon (R) · sandy.salmon@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Zach Wahls (D) · zach.wahls@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 19 against

For: Protect My Innocence

Against: American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Blank Childrens Hospital; 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 Chapter-American Academy of Pediatrics; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa Medical Society; Iowa Mental Health Advocacy; Iowa Nurse Practitioners Society; and 7 more

In plain words

1. January 17, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
2. January 23, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Alons, Salmon and Wahls
3. January 24, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it
4. February 14, 2024Approved by the Senate committee