2024 Regular Session • West Virginia Legislature
SB719: Clarifying parent and guardian access to minor child's medical records
Legislative Summary
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that neither a parent nor legal guardian of a minor child shall be denied access to the minor child's medical records without requiring a child to sign a document permitting his or her parents to see the records.
Bill History
2/8/2024
Filed for introduction
Senate
2/8/2024
To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
Senate
2/8/2024
Introduced in Senate
Senate
2/8/2024
To Health and Human Resources
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/8/2024)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Health and Human Resources(Senate)
Sine Die
Sponsors
Republican: 9
Democrat: 2
Primary Sponsor

Laura Wakim Chapman
Republican