WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 69
By Senator Maynard
[Introduced February 12, 2025; referredto the Committee on Health and Human Resources]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated ยง16-2S-1, relating to requiring physicians to notify parents when prescribing contraceptives to minors; and providing definitions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
## ARTICLE 2S. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF PRESCRIBED CONTRACEPTIVES.
(a) A physician located within this state shall provide parental notification when prescribing a contraceptive to a minor.
(b) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Contraceptive" means a drug or device approved by the Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy.
(2) "Minor" means a person under the age of 18 years who has not graduated from high school.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require physicians to notify parents when prescribing contraceptives to minors. The bill provides definitions.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.