Senate
File
304
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
304
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
120)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
an
exception
to
a
minor’s
legal
capacity
to
1
consent
to
the
provision
of
medical
care
or
services
for
a
2
sexually
transmitted
disease
or
infection.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
139A.35,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
139A.35
Minors.
3
A
With
the
exception
of
the
provision
of
a
vaccination
for
a
4
sexually
transmitted
disease
or
infection,
a
minor
shall
have
5
the
legal
capacity
to
act
and
give
consent
to
the
provision
6
of
medical
care
or
services
to
the
minor
for
the
prevention,
7
diagnosis,
or
treatment
of
a
sexually
transmitted
disease
or
8
infection
by
a
hospital,
clinic,
or
health
care
provider.
9
Such
medical
care
or
services
shall
be
provided
by
or
under
10
the
supervision
of
a
physician
licensed
to
practice
medicine
11
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery,
a
physician
12
assistant,
or
an
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner.
13
Consent
shall
not
be
subject
to
later
disaffirmance
by
reason
14
of
such
minority.
The
consent
of
another
person,
including
but
15
not
limited
to
the
consent
of
a
spouse,
parent,
custodian,
or
16
guardian,
shall
not
be
necessary.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
relates
to
the
legal
capacity
of
a
minor
to
consent
21
to
the
provision
of
medical
care
or
services
to
the
minor
22
for
the
prevention,
diagnosis,
or
treatment
of
a
sexually
23
transmitted
disease
or
infection.
Under
Code
section
139A.35,
24
a
minor
has
the
legal
capacity
to
act
and
give
consent
to
25
provision
of
medical
care
or
services
to
the
minor
for
the
26
prevention,
diagnosis,
or
treatment
of
a
sexually
transmitted
27
disease
or
infection.
Under
the
bill,
a
minor
does
not
have
28
the
legal
capacity
to
consent
to
the
provision
of
vaccinations
29
for
a
sexually
transmitted
disease
or
infection.
30
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