Word: chungs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chung's bill, which came up before the joint Health Care Committee last week, seeks to codify the mature minor rule. The Supreme Judicial Court defined a mature minor as one who is capable of giving informed consent (to an operation or medication...
State Sen. Michael LoPresti filed the bill by request on behalf of Chung. Because she filed the bill at a late date, LoPresti did not have enough time to study it and decide whether to sponsor it personally, Richard J. Sader, LoPresti's legislative aide said yesterday...
...past several months, buried in the stacks of Langdell Library at the Law School, Chung has prepared a bill, for the State Legislature, which would ensure that minors can receive confidential medical treatment in Massachusetts...
Frustrated by her experience with the laws in New York, Chung began investigating the Massachusetts code when she came to Harvard last September...
After some preliminary digging, Chung discovered a little-known ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in the case of Baird versus Belotti in January 1977. The court ruled that, in all cases except abortion, a "mature minor" may receive confidential medical treatment where it is in his/her best interest not to notify the parents...