00SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 372                                                                             
01 "An Act placing limits on prescribing and providing a contraceptive drug or                                             
02 device to a minor."                                                                                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 25.20.025(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (a)  Except as prohibited under AS 18.16.010(a)(3),                                                                   
06   (1)  a minor who is living apart from the minor's parents or legal                                                   
07 guardian and who is managing the minor's own financial affairs, regardless of the                                       
08 source or extent of income, may give consent for medical and dental services for the                                    
09 minor;                                                                                                                  
10   (2)  a minor may give consent for medical and dental services if the                                                 
11 parent or legal guardian of the minor cannot be contacted or, if contacted, is unwilling                                
12 either to grant or withhold consent; however, where the parent or legal guardian cannot                                 
13 be contacted or, if contacted, is unwilling either to grant or to withhold consent, the                                 
14 provider of medical or dental services shall counsel the minor keeping in mind not                                      

01 only the valid interests of the minor but also the valid interests of the parent or                                     
02 guardian and the family unit as best the provider presumes them;                                                        
03   (3)  a minor who is the parent of a child may give consent to medical                                                
04 and dental services for the minor or the child;                                                                         
05   (4)  a minor may give consent for diagnosis, prevention or treatment of                                              
06 pregnancy, and for diagnosis and treatment of venereal disease;  however, a person                                     
07 who has the authority to prescribe contraceptive drugs or devices may not                                               
08 prescribe a contraceptive drug or device for a minor and may not provide a                                              
09 contraceptive drug or device to a minor that is available only by prescription                                          
10 unless, before prescribing or providing the drug or device, the person has made                                         
11 a good faith effort to obtain relevant medical records for the minor and the                                            
12 minor's family and has given actual written notice to a custodial parent or                                             
13 custodial legal guardian of the minor, notifying the parent or legal guardian of                                        
14 the intent to prescribe or provide the drug or device; the person who is requested                                      
15 by a minor to prescribe the drug or device may not issue the prescription until                                         
16 at least five days after the day of the minor's request;                                                               
17   (5)  the parent or guardian of the minor is relieved of all financial                                                
18 obligation to the provider of the service under this section.