Health Care Consent and Coverage for Minors Act (p. 42)

• “The combination of increased health risks and lack of access to health care is deadly for unhoused youth and young adults; studies have found mortality rates up to 10 times those of their housed peers and suicide rates anywhere from 5 to 15 times those of stably housed youth. Until we start treating health care as a right and implement universal coverage as well as protection for gender-affirming and reproductive health care on a federal level, states must do everything they can to help unhoused youth and young adults access comprehensive and culturally competent care.”