TO REQUIRE WRITTEN CONSENT OF A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN WHEN PRESCRIBING LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION TO A PERSON WHO IS YOUNGER THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.

House Bill 1906 aimed to amend Arkansas law to require written consent from a parent or legal guardian before a healthcare provider could prescribe long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) to individuals younger than eighteen years of age. This bill would have directly impacted minors seeking LARC by adding a new consent requirement to existing family planning provisions. An exception was included for emancipated minors, meaning they would not have needed parental consent under the bill's provisions.