HB 173: Parental Rights
GENERAL BILL by Kendall
Parental Rights; Requires parental consent for minor's treatment for certain diseases; revises informed consent requirements; requires consent from parent or guardian for certain services provided by mobile response team; revises responsibility for cost of substance abuse services, confidentiality requirements, & requirements for voluntary admission for substance abuse impairment services; requires school district to provide parents with specified information before district administers certain questionnaires or forms to students; requires school district to give parent opportunity to opt his or her student out of such questionnaire or form; revises exceptions for certain parental rights; creates parental right to review, inspect, & consent to survey or questionnaire provided to parent's minor child; creates parental right to know certain information about survey or questionnaire at time of consent; creates parental right to consent in writing to use of biofeedback device on parent's minor child; defines "biofeedback device"; requires that results from use of such device be provided to parent; requires that such results be held as confidential medical record; revises exceptions for specified requirements of parental consent.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 10/15/2025 House • Filed
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HB 173, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/15/2025 at 10:11 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 166 Parental Rights Grall Identical Last Action: 10/10/2025 S Filed 
Citations - Statutes (13)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 381.0051 Family planning. Page 3 (pdf) 384.30 Minors’ consent to treatment. Page 3 (pdf) 394.459 Rights of patients. Page 4 (pdf) 394.4784 Minors; access to outpatient crisis intervention services and treatment. Page 5 (pdf) 394.495 Child and adolescent mental health system of care; programs and services. Page 6 (pdf) 397.431 Individual responsibility for cost of substance abuse impairment services. Page 7 (pdf) 397.501 Rights of individuals. Page 8 (pdf) 397.601 Voluntary admissions. Page 9 (pdf) 408.813 Administrative fines; violations. Page 17 (pdf) 456.072 Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement. Page 18 (pdf) 1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board. Page 9 (pdf) 1014.04 Parental rights. Page 14 (pdf) 1014.06 Parental consent for health care services. Page 17 (pdf)