The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights is undertaking a nationwide campaign to protect parental rights in pediatric medicine and cracking down on those institutions that fail to provide parents with access to their children’s medical records, as required by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a video on Wednesday, “A parent’s right to guide their child’s health decisions — that right is not optional, it’s non-negotiable, and under the Trump administration, it will not be ignored.”
‘Religious exemption rights are one aspect of true informed consent and refusal.’
It appears that HHS already has one alleged offending institution on its radar.
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Kennedy indicated that his agency has launched an investigation into a “troubling incident”
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