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The short answer is, they don't.  In the case of our daughter, even though we could not necessarily get any info about her condition from age 15 on, no one saw any disparity in the fact that we were still liable for her medical expenses.

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As regards 15 being the age of medical consent, one needs to realize that the law also means that once a child is 15 health care providers may not release any information - even to the parents - without the child's consent. A situation we faced repeatedly after our daughter left home.  We would get a call whenever she wound up at ER, but they wouldn't tell us a thing once we go there. Very frustrating and, at times, frightening for us as parents.

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