Caroline Menjivar
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 20
Author
Existing law authorizes a minor 15 years of age or older to consent to the minor's medical care or dental care, if the minor is living separate and apart from the minor's parents or guardian and the minor is managing their own financial affairs, as specified. Existing law authorizes a physician and surgeon or dentist, with or without the minor's consent, to advise the minor's parent or guardian of the treatment given or needed if the physician and surgeon has reason to know the parent's or guardian's whereabouts, based on information given by the minor. Under existing law, a parent or guardian is not liable for care provided according to these provisions. This bill additionally would authorize minors to consent to their own vision care, and would authorize an optometrist to advise a minor's parent or guardian of the care given or needed, under the same conditions applicable to the provision of medical care and dental care. The bill would define "vision care" as the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and management of disorders, diseases, and dysfunctions of the visual system and the provision of habilitative or rehabilitative optometric services by a licensed optometrist, as specified.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 152, Statutes of 2023.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2737.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 6).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 849.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 577.) (March 28).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing March 28.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB457 | HTML |
| 02/13/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/20/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/18/23 - Enrolled | |
| 09/01/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/24/23- Senate Judiciary | |
| 04/06/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/03/23- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 06/07/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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