Teenagers, Health Care the Law
TEENAGERS, HEALTH CARE, AND THE LAW:
A Guide To Minors' Rights in New York State
The New York Civil Liberties Union in collaboration with The Lowenstein Center for the Public Interest at Lowenstein Sandler LLP 3rd edition, 2018
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SECTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Teenagers Health Care and the Law was drafted by Catherine Weiss, Elias Kwon, Rachel A. Shapiro,
TITLE Patrick J. Vinett, Mary Knodel, Donna Lieberman,
and Katharine Bodde based on prior editions by Jessica Feierman, Donna Lieberman, Anna Schissel, Rebekah Diller, Jaemin Kim and Yeuh-ru Chu. The authors wish to acknowledge support from Beth Haroules, Erin Beth Harrist, Bobby Hodgson, Rashida Richardson, Abby Allender, Sebastian Krueger, Carrie Chatterson and youth organizers from the NYCLU's Teen Activism Project.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION..................................................... 8
I. BASIC DEFINITIONS........................................ 12
Who Is a Minor?............................................................................ 13 Who Is an Adult?.......................................................................... 13 What Is Informed Consent?....................................................... 13 What Is Confidentiality?............................................................ 15
II. CONSENTING TO HEALTH CARE.................. 16
Minors and Consent.....................................................................17 Adults Who Can Consent on Behalf of a Minor.................... 19 Parents.......................................................................................... 19 Guardians and Parental Designees.......................................... 20 The Commissioners of Health or Social Services.................. 20 Consent for Vaccinations............................................................ 21 Legal Status and Minors' Rights to Consent to Care...........22 Married Minors.............................................................................22 Minors Who Are Parents.............................................................22 Pregnant Minors...........................................................................23 Emancipated Minors....................................................................24 Incarcerated Minors....................................................................26 Mature Minors..............................................................................27
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III. CONFIDENTIALITY IN HEALTH CARE...........28
General Confidentiality Rules..................................................29
Schools and Confidentiality......................................................32
When Otherwise Confidential Care May Not Be Confidential........................................................... 35 Child Abuse Reporting............................................................... 36
What Is the Child Abuse Reporting Law?........................... 36 How Might the Reporting Law Present a Confidentiality Problem for Non-Abused Minors?.............37 Sexually Transmitted Infection Reporting............................... 39 Prevention of "Harmful Acts" to Third Parties........................ 39 Court Proceedings...................................................................... 40 Confidentiality Among Health Care Providers and in the Insurance and Billing Process................................ 40
IV. TYPES OF HEALTH CARE THAT MINORS CAN RECEIVE WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT.................................... 46
Birth Control.................................................................................47 Consent and Access ...................................................................47 Confidentiality............................................................................. 48 Exception: Sterilization ............................................................. 48
Emergency Contraception........................................................ 49 Purchasing Emergency Contraception..................................... 49 Emergency Contraception, Medicaid, and Title X.................. 49 Emergency Contraception and Rape Crisis Care................... 50
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Consent........................................................................................ 50 Confidentiality............................................................................. 50
Abortion........................................................................................ 50 Consent........................................................................................ 50 Confidentiality.............................................................................. 51
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)...................................52 Consent.........................................................................................52 Confidentiality..............................................................................52
HIV/AIDS....................................................................................... 53 Consent........................................................................................ 53 Testing.......................................................................................... 54 Confidentiality............................................................................. 55 Special Confidentiality Considerations in HIV/AIDS Care......................................................................... 55
Disclosure to a Minor's Parents or Guardians................... 56 Disclosure to a Minor's Adoption or Foster Care Agency, Adoptive or Foster Parents, or Attorney.............. 56 Disclosure Pursuant to Written Consent.............................57 Disclosure Pursuant to a Court Order ................................57 Tests and Diagnoses of HIV: Reports to the Department of Health........................................................... 58 Tests and Diagnoses of HIV: Contact Tracing................... 58 Ongoing HIV Treatment: Partner/Contact Notification .............................................. 60
Prenatal Care, Labor, and Delivery Services.........................62 Consent.........................................................................................62
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