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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina restricts minor self-consent for certain medical treatments and establishes parental access to medical records
Last action · May 7, 2025: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action)Sponsors: Jennifer Balkcom and 32 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina House Bill 519 revises minor medical consent laws by removing emotional disturbance and pregnancy from the list of services minors can independently authorize, requiring written parental consent for emergency use authorized vaccines, and guaranteeing parental access to minor medical records with specific exceptions effective October 1, 2025.
Parents gain legal rights to review all medical records of their minor children except in cases involving suspected abuse, court orders, or active criminal investigations against the parent, while minors lose the ability to independently seek treatment for pregnancy without parental involvement.
- North Carolina law previously permitted minors to independently give effective consent for medical treatment related to pregnancy and emotional disturbance without parental notification or approval. context
- Emergency use authorizations are granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during public health emergencies to allow access to medical countermeasures before standard full approval processes conclude. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Minors
Parents and legal guardians
Parents gain explicit rights to review all medical records of their minor children and must provide written consent for emergency use authorized vaccines.
Physicians and health care providers
Providers must alter consent protocols for minor patients regarding pregnancy and emergency-authorized vaccines and must adhere to new guidelines for disclosing or withholding medical records from parents.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can minors still independently consent to any medical treatments under this bill?
Do parents have access to all of their minor child's medical records?
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Procedural history
18 actions- May 7, 2025SenateRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- May 7, 2025SenatePassed 1st Reading
- May 7, 2025SenateRegular Message Received From House
- May 7, 2025HouseRegular Message Sent To Senate
- May 6, 2025HousePassed 3rd Reading
- May 6, 2025HousePassed 2nd Reading
Show 12 earlier actions
- May 5, 2025HousePlaced On Cal For 05/06/2025
- May 5, 2025HouseCal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- May 5, 2025HouseReptd Fav
- Apr 29, 2025HouseRe-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 29, 2025HouseReptd Fav Com Substitute
- Apr 14, 2025HouseSerial Referral To Health Stricken
- Mar 27, 2025HouseRe-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Mar 27, 2025HouseWithdrawn From Com
- Mar 27, 2025HouseSerial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- Mar 27, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Health, if favorable, Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Mar 27, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Mar 25, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Second Reading
Total
115
- Yes
- 64
- No
- 40
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 11
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (115)
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Lobbying Activity
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Full breakdown
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Sponsors
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Discoveries
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Rollback of Minor Autonomy
The bill shifts legal boundaries by removing pregnancy and emotional health services from independent minor consent while introducing strict parental oversight on emergency-authorized vaccines.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.ncleg.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz65Current news / social attention level
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