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HB 841 - Health records; certain drug test reports; rights of minors

Bannister, Charles E (77th)	Joyce, Brian D (1st)	Mann, Harold M (5th)
Davis, J. Max (60th)	Wiles, John J (34th)

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First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Chapter 33 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health records, so as to provide for rights regarding health records of patients who are unemancipated minors; and for other purposes.

Code Sections - 31-33-8

HB 841                                             LC 18 9631 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Chapter 33 of Title 31 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to health records, so as to 
  1- 3  provide for rights regarding health records of patients who 
  1- 4  are unemancipated minors; to repeal conflicting laws; and 
  1- 5  for other purposes. 
 
  1- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1- 7                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1- 8  Chapter 33 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to health records, is amended by adding 
  1-10  at the end a new Code section to read as follows: 
 
  1-11    "31-33-8. 
 
  1-12    A patient who is an unemancipated minor shall not have any 
  1-13    rights under this chapter with respect to records 
  1-14    pertaining to results of tests administered to detect the 
  1-15    use of illegal drugs.  The parent or guardian of such 
  1-16    minor shall have the rights granted a patient under this 
  1-17    chapter with respect to such records when the patient is a 
  1-18    minor child or ward of such parent or guardian, 
  1-19    respectively." 
 
  1-20                           SECTION 2. 
 
  1-21  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  1-22  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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