S.F. 2150 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 135.196 Pregnancy care for minors. 1 1. If a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a minor 2 is not reasonably available, the minor shall have the 3 legal capacity to give consent to the provision of prenatal 4 care, intrapartum care, or postnatal care to the minor by a 5 physician, a physician’s designee, an advanced registered 6 nurse practitioner, a physician assistant, a registered nurse, 7 a licensed practical nurse, or an emergency medical care 8 provider. 9 2. Subsection 1 shall not be construed to relieve a 10 physician, a physician’s designee, an advanced registered nurse 11 practitioner, a physician assistant, a registered nurse, a 12 licensed practical nurse, or an emergency medical care provider 13 of the duty to obtain informed consent from the minor patient 14 for the provision of such care. 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 This bill relates to the legal capacity of a pregnant minor 19 to consent to certain medical care. If a parent, guardian, 20 or legal custodian is not reasonably available, a minor shall 21 have the legal capacity to give consent to the provision of 22 prenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care by certain health 23 care providers. The bill does not relieve the health care 24 provider of the duty to obtain informed consent from the minor. 25 -1- LSB 6011SS (2) 91 ak/ko 1/ 1