Tennessee SB0259 amends healthcare laws to allow parents or guardians access to minors' mental health and medical records and mandates parental.
Tennessee SB0259 amends several sections of Tennessee Code to enhance parental access to minors' health records and ensure parental consent for medical treatments. Parents, legal guardians, or custodians can now access all mental health, medical, rehabilitation, and prescription records of unemancipated minors. The bill also mandates that healthcare providers obtain informed consent from a parent or legal guardian before providing vaccinations or medical treatments to minors, except in emergency situations. The act takes effect immediately upon becoming law.
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