Allow persons eighteen years of age to make health care decisions and persons under nineteen years of age in correctional facilities to consent to medical and mental health care

Summary

The proposal would treat anyone 18 or older as an adult for health‑care decisions, allowing them to consent to mental health and medical services without parental approval. It also permits youths under 19 who are in a Nebraska correctional facility to consent to their own medical and mental‑health care while incarcerated. Additionally, the bill expands certain contract and property rights for 18‑year‑olds.

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