Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB377: Generally revise access by parent to child patient health care information
Status: Chaptered, June 9, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising access by parents to a child's health care information; eliminating the exclusive right of a consenting child to enforce violations of health care information privacy by providers who are not subject to the health insurance portability and accountability act; amending sections 40-6-702 and 50-16-521, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING ACCESS BY PARENTS TO A CHILD'S HEALTH CARE INFORMATION; ELIMINATING THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF A CONSENTING CHILD TO ENFORCE VIOLATIONS OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION PRIVACY BY PROVIDERS WHO ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; AMENDING SECTIONS 40-6-702 AND 50-16-521, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 40-6-702, MCA, is amended to read: "40-6-702. Medical care for children -- right of access to health care information by parent. (1) (a) Except as otherwise provided by Title 41, chapter 1, part 4, or court order, a person, corporation, association, organization, state-supported institution, or individual employee of a corporation, association, organization, or state-supported institution may (ii) procure, solicit to perform, arrange to perform, or perform a physical examination on a child; (iii) prescribe or dispense a prescription drug to a child; (iv) procure, solicit to perform, arrange to perform, or perform a mental health evaluation in a clinical or nonclinical setting on a child; or (v) procure, solicit to perform, arrange to perform, or perform a mental health treatment on a child. (b) The prohibitions in subsection (1)(a) do not apply if the parent of the child has provided consent for the medical care …
Sponsors
- Nicol, Nelly (R, 53) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading Concurred
- : (S) Motion Carried
Votes
- Indefinitely Postpone -McGillvray (April 10, 2025): 29 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 24 yea, 25 nay, failed
- Do Pass (February 27, 2025): 57 yea, 41 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 26, 2025): 59 yea, 41 nay, passed
Subjects: Privacy, Minors, Health Care Services, Health
Common questions
- What is HB377?
- HB377 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise access by parent to child patient health care information.
- What does HB377 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising access by parents to a child's health care information; eliminating the exclusive right of a consenting child to enforce violations of health care information privacy by providers who are not subject to the health insurance portability and accountability act; amending sections 40-6-702 and 50-16-521, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.".
- What is the status of HB377?
- Chaptered as of June 9, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (June 12, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB377?
- Nicol, Nelly (R, 53).
- Where is the official record for HB377?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3068
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