Idaho lawmaker brings draft bill to address issues with 2024 parental consent law

By: Laura Guido

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: March 10, 2026

Words: 738

Last Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago

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A long-awaited bill to revise Idaho’s 2024 parental consent law to address barriers to young people accessing emergency but non-life threatening care, medical examinations after reported abuse, and support through the 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline was introduced Monday.

Idaho Falls Republican Rep. Barbara Ehardt was a sponsor of the 2024 bill to create the parental consent law, Senate Bill 1329, which prohibited providing medical care to minors under 18 with narrow exceptions …

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