SB 25

Present law authorizes a child ' s parent, legal guardian, or legal cust odian to have access to any prescription records resulting from treatment provided to their unemancipated minor . This bill adds that a child ' s parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian also has access to all mental health treatment, medical, and rehabili tation records resulting from treatment provided to the unemancipated minor . FAMILIES' RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT The Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act establishes certain fundamental rights of a parent to the care, custody, and control o f the parent's child, including the right to direct the health care and mental health of the child . This bill specifically adds to the fundamental rights given to parents, which includes an individual who has been granted decision-making authority over th e child under state law , access to the records described above . HOSPITAL RECORDS This bill authorizes a parent to access hospital records even if the treatment was provided without parental consent . This includes, but is not limited to , treatment of a s exually transmitted disease, provision of contraception or contraception information, treatment for drug abuse, treatment of a minor in an emergency, or provision of prenatal and peripartum care for minors. EMPLOYEES OF LEAS CONTROLLING BLEEDING Present law generally requires parental consent for the treatment of minors, with a few exceptions. One exception is for an employee of a local education agency to control bleeding using a bleeding control kit. This bill adds to that exception that a n employee of a local education agency may also p rovide bandages, gauze, or ice packs for the treatment of minor cuts, scrapes, bumps, and bruises.