5073-S2.E AMH BAIL BLAC 076

E2SSB 5073 - H AMD TO WAYS COMM AMD (H-2509.2/11) 622

By Representative Bailey

FAILED 04/11/2011

    On page 7, line 15 of the striking amendment, after "(a)(i)" insert "(A) Is eighteen years of age or older;

(B) Is less than eighteen years of age and has received written consent from a person able to provide informed consent for a patient who is under the age of majority according to the order of priority in RCW 7.70.065; or

(C) Is an emancipated minor under chapter 13.64 RCW; and

(ii)"

    Renumber the remaining subsections consecutively.

EFFECT:   Requires that, in order to be a qualifying patient, a person be either: (1) at least 18 years old, (2) younger than 18 and have the written consent of, in order of priority, an appointed guardian, a court-appointed to consent for the medical care of certain children in out-of-home placement, parents, an individual authorized by the minor's parent, or a competent adult relative responsible for the minor's health care, or (3) an emancipated minor.

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