A bill that would ensure parents have access to their child's medical records.

Also passed the full Senate today, House Bill 174, sponsored by State Representative Rebecca Reimer.

Speaking to a Senate committee earlier this month, Reimer said some parents are losing this access once their children turn 13.

Republican state Senator Donald Douglas, who's a doctor, spoke in favor of the bill on the Senate floor today.

Meanwhile, a number of Democrats said the bill, while well-intended, will have dire consequences.

I encourage all the members of this body to join me in returning some of the parental guidance and some of the parental responsibility that we all beg for because of where our society is going.

There is nothing in this bill that protects children, that creates any sort of carve out from parents accessing medical records if they suspect that a child is being abused.

And I worry today, although I believe that there are good intentions behind this bill, and I certainly respect the goal of having parents be involved and be loving participants in their children's health care, that there are unintended consequences.

The bill passed the full Senate along party lines.

There was a Senate floor amendment, which means House Bill 174 heads back to the House for agreement or rejection of those changes.