The Senate Rules Committee has passed a measure its Republican backers say will strengthen parental rights in Florida, ...

Proponents argue that this bill reinforces parental involvement in children’s healthcare decisions. Senator Stutts, also a ...

By Matt Sharp and Kate Anderson. State Senate Bill 5181, a bill that jeopardizes parents’ medical decision-making authority, was recently voted out of the House Education Commit ...

A recent sociological study explored how children's health habits are shaped by their families and communities and how those ...

Reproductive rights advocates, Democrats, and some Republicans oppose the bill, saying it could restrict access to treatment ...

A new study by researchers from Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and Vanderbilt University Medical Center found parental support for adolescent medical consent varied significantly ...

Minors would need parental consent to be treated for sexually transmitted diseases under legislation nearing the finish line ...

Parents must give consent to an educator to bring their child to a medical appointment unless it’s emergency transport by ambulance under a House-approved bill that cleared the state Senate Thursday.

A recent court ruling may increase accountability of school and state employees who overruled parents’ rights to make health care decisions ...

Single parents, grandparents or other guardians crossing borders with minors need to get permission from Child Travel Consent ...

Melissa Calhoun was fired after calling a student a preferred name and did not follow Florida’s "Parental Authorization for Deviation from Student's Legal Name Form" law Google Maps A Florida ...

consent, cooperating with other providers, and management of medicines. We publish our guidance for our staff on accessing medical and care records. We usually look at only a small sample of these ...