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Minors living in foster care maintain all the same consent and confidentiality rights that non-dependent minors are afforded. In addition, California state law extends additional rights to youth living in foster care to reduce barriers and improve access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care.
If you would like to learn more, look below:
- To learn about key to compliance: reproductive & sexual health policies & practices for STRTPs, click here.
- To learn more about, reproductive and sexual health care and related rights for youth and non-minor dependents (NMD) in foster care, click here.
- To learn more about, reproductive and sexual health care and related rights for youth and non-minor dependents (NMD) in foster care, click here.
- To learn about California’s plan for the prevention of unintended pregnancy for youth and non-minor dependents (NMD), click here.
- To learn about fast facts abut the California health Youth Act, click here.
- For facts about the California Foster Youth Sexual Health Education Act (Senate Bill 89), click here.
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