Bill > HF22

This bill establishes a comprehensive Parent's Bill of Rights in Minnesota, creating new protections and guidelines for parents' involvement in their minor children's healthcare and education. The bill requires healthcare providers to allow parents full access to their child's examination room, provide advance notice of standardized questions asked to minors, and give parents written information about such questions. Additionally, the bill outlines broad parental rights, including the ability to choose their child's education, access school and medical records, direct the child's moral and religious training, provide informed consent for medical treatments, review and consent to biometric scans and recordings, and be promptly notified of any suspected criminal offenses against their child. The legislation emphasizes that any governmental entity must demonstrate a compelling state interest before limiting these parental rights, and it includes provisions that protect parents from discrimination or coercion when exercising these rights. Importantly, the bill includes exceptions for cases involving medical consent for minors and situations of suspected abuse, ensuring that the rights do not override child protection measures. The bill defines a minor child as someone 17 years of age or younger and applies to natural, adoptive parents, and legal guardians.

Education, Government Affairs, Health and Social Services

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0022&ssn=0&y=2025