Katie DeLand didn't realize she had no access to her 15-year-old son's medical records until a debt collection agency called her about a missed payment for a sports-related procedure.

"The mere fact that healthcare providers can continue to hold parents and guardians financially responsible while withholding our access to the very medical details we are paying for is beyond sane, logical or reasonable," DeLand said.

House Bill 162, which passed the Ohio House of Representatives in an 87-6 vote on Oct. 15, would ensure parents have access to nearly all of their children's online medical records.

"This legislation developed from a group of parents who came to me frustrated by the sudden lack of access to their children’s medical records," said Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, who sponsored th

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