Texas SB348 expands the capacity of minors to consent to certain medical treatments without parental consent.
Texas SB348 amends the Family Code to allow minors to consent to medical, dental, psychological, and surgical treatment under specific conditions. These include being on active duty with the armed services, being 16 or older and managing their own financial affairs, consenting to treatment for infectious diseases, being unmarried and pregnant or recently pregnant, consenting to treatment for drug or chemical addiction, being unmarried parents with custody of a child, and being in confinement in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice facility.
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