As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session H. B. No. 162
2025-2026
Representative Click
Cosponsors: Representatives King, Williams, Gross, Fowler Arthur, John, Bird,
Pizzulli, Dean, Klopfenstein, Odioso
A B I L L
To enact section 3798.05 of the Revised Code
related to medical records of minors and to name
the act the My Child-My Chart Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3798.05 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 3798.05. (A) In utilizing an electronic health
records system to maintain the records of a patient who is a
minor, a health care provider shall ensure to the fullest extent
permitted under the HIPAA privacy rule and Ohio law that the
minor's parent or guardian has access in that system to the
minor's health records. This includes, if necessary to ensure
parent or guardian access to the fullest extent, maintaining the
minor's records in such a manner that separates records relating
to care that the minor received without parent or guardian
consent and care received with parent or guardian consent.
Additionally, a health care provider shall not require the
minor's parent or guardian to obtain the minor's authorization
before the parent or guardian may access in the electronic
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health records system records relating to care the minor
received with parent or guardian consent.
(B) A health care provider that maintains protected health
information for patients who are minors shall do both of the
following:
(1) Annually inform each minor's parent or guardian of
both of the following:
(a) Circumstances in which a minor is permitted under Ohio
law to receive health care without parent or guardian consent,
including under sections 2108.31, 2151.85, 2907.29, 3701.242,
3709.241, 3719.012, 5120.172, and 5122.04 of the Revised Code;
(b) That any medical records pertaining to care of a minor
patient consented to without parent or guardian consent may not
be disclosed to the parent or guardian unless the minor has
authorized the disclosure.
(2)(a) Except as provided in division (B)(2)(b) of this
section, at each minor's annual well visit, provide the minor an
opportunity to provide general, ongoing written consent for
parent or guardian access to the minor's medical records
regarding care that the minor patient may have consented to, or
may consent to in the future, without parent or guardian
consent.
(b) The requirement in division (B)(2)(a) of this section
does not apply if a minor provides written consent as described
under that division, and the minor has not revoked that consent.
Section 2. This act shall be known as the My Child-My
Chart Act.
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