Minors and the Right to Consent to Health Care
and to Make Other Important Decisions

MC = Minor explicitly authorized to consent. MD = Minor allowed to decide.
PC = Parental consent explicitly required. PN = Parental notice explicitly required.
NL = No law or policy found.

State	Contraceptive services	Prenatal care	STD/HIV services	Treatment for alcohol and/or drug abuse	Outpatient mental health services
AL	NL	MC	MC2,3,4	MC	MC
AK	MC	MC	MC	NL	NL
AZ	MC	NL	MC	MC2	NL
AR	MC	MC10,11	MC4,11	NL	NL
CA	MC	MC10	MC2,16,17	MC2,4	MC2,4
CO	MC7,18	NL	MC16	MC	MC4,19
CT	NL	NL	MC16	MC	MC
DE	MC2,4,	MC2,4,10,11	MC2,4,11,16	MC2	NL
DC	MC	MC	MC	MC	MC
FL	MC7,18	MC11	MC3	MC	MC23
GA	MC	MC10	MC3,4,11	MC4	NL
HI	MC4,24,25	MC4,10,24,25	MC4,24,25	MC4	NL
ID	MC	NL	MC3,24	MC	NL
IL	MC7,18	MC11,18	MC2,3,4	MC2,4	MC2,4
IN	NL	NL	MC	MC	NL
IA	NL	NL	MC16,31	MC	NL
KS	NL12	MC11,33	MC4	MC	NL
KY	MC4	MC4,10	MC3,4	MC4	MC4,6
LA	NL	NL	MC4	MC4	NL
ME	MC7,18	NL	MC4	MC4	NL
MD	MC4	MC4	MC4	MC4	MC4,6
MA	NL36	MC10	MC	MC2,37	MC6
MI	NL	MC4	MC4,16	MC4	MC24
MN	MC4	MC4	MC4	MC4	NL
MS	MC7,18	MC11	MC3	MC4,19	NL
MO	NL	MC4,10,11	MC4,11	MC4,11	NL
MT	MC4	MC4,11	MC4,11,16	MC4,11	MC6
NE	NL	NL	MC	MC	NL
NV	NL	NL	MC3	MC	NL
NH	NL	NL	MC24	MC2	NL
NJ	NL	MC4,11	MC4,11	MC4	NL
NM	MC	NL42	MC16,17	NL	MC
NY	NL36	MC	MC16	MC4	MC4
NC	MC	MC10	MC3	MC	MC
ND	NL	NL	MC24,44	MC24	NL
OH	NL	NL	MC16,17	MC	MC24
OK	MC4,45	MC4,10	MC3,4	MC4	NL
OR	MC4	NL	MC3,11	MC4,24	MC4,24
PA	NL	MC	MC3	MC4	NL
RI	NL	NL	MC16	MC	NL
SC	MC47	NL47	MC47	NL47	NL47
SD	NL	NL	MC	MC	NL
TN	MC	MC	MC3	MC4	MC6
TX	NL50	MC4,10,11	MC3,4,11	MC4	MC
UT	NL50	MC	MC	NL	NL
VT	NL	NL	MC2,3	MC2	NL
VA	MC	MC	MC3	MC	MC
WA	NL54	NL54	MC3,11,24	MC23	MC23
WV	NL	NL	MC	MC	NL
WI	NL	NL	MC	MC2	NL
WY	MC	NL	MC3	NL	NL
TOT MC/MD	26	28	51	45	21
TOT PC/PN	0	0	0	0	0
TOT NL/NA	25	23	0	6	30

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