ESSB 5599: Supporting youth and young adults seeking protected health care services.

What this bill does

Expands the compelling reasons for a youth shelter or other similar organization not to notify a parent following the child's entry to the shelter or organization when a minor child is seeking or receiving gender affirming treatment and reproductive health care services. Allows host homes to host a youth seeking or receiving gender affirming treatment or reproductive health care services without receiving parental permission.

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Floor votes

• House: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 12, 2023
  57 yea · 39 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 19, 2023
  29 yea · 20 nay
• Senate: 128 Braun Pg 3 Ln 1 · March 1, 2023
  19 yea · 27 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 2023
  27 yea · 19 nay · 3 not voting

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