The National Center for Youth Law's Teen Health Rights Initiative was established to provide resources and information to health care providers about California laws pertaining to minor consent, confidentiality, child abuse reporting, and other adolescent health concerns.  Based on provider requests for information, the initiative’s staff research and create manuals, forms, and other resources to facilitate health care delivery to adolescents.  Staff also respond to requests for technical assistance, education and training.  The Teen Health Rights website is an integral part of this work. 

NCYL's Teen Health Rights Initiative is funded in part by a generous grant from the Richard and Rhoda Goldman fund.

Designed to help California health care providers understand the many laws that impact their work with adolescents, TeenHealthRights.Org contains information on laws from minor consent and confidentiality to child abuse reporting, insurance regulations, and more.   The website contains guidebooks on particular laws, as well as tools, charts, and other resources.  The site’s initial focus is on laws that impact adolescent reproductive health care delivery.

The Teen Health Rights website is intended to bring relevant materials from multiple organizations together in one place.  The site includes materials produced by several organizations with expertise in the area, including NCYL.  We thank our many colleagues at our sister organizations for permission to post and link to their materials and websites.  

To facilitate use of this site, users should know that the “Tools” section on each page includes quick reference materials, designed for use during clinical practice.  The “Publications” section includes articles, policy briefs and other documents intended to provide more complete background information on key issues in adolescent reproductive health law.  The “Resources from Others” section includes valuable relevant information produced by sister organizations. Users should know that the information on this website is provided for educational purposes only and is not intended as legal advice.  For legal advice about a particular case, users should consult their own attorney.  

If you have feedback or suggestions for the site, we want to know.  We also want to know about additional materials or topics you think should be included on this website.  Please let us know.

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