Medical Records

Once you turn 18, you are the person responsible for making decisions about your medical care. You can even be responsible for this starting at the age of 16 if you ask the court to give you the right to make health care decisions and the court agrees. You’ll need good information about your medical history.

Before you leave foster care, make sure to do the following:

• Have copies of your medical records, which your caseworker should give you when you turn 18.
• Ask your caseworker to print out your Health Passport. Once you leave foster care, your transition support case manager or PAL staff should be able to help you print it out if you are still on STAR Health. The Health Passport should have information about all the providers you have seen, prescribed medications, and limited information about the services you received while in foster care.
• If you want a complete medical record from a specific doctor or facility, you have to contact that office.
• You should also ask for records from your CPS file that include your past and present treatment information and any records with information about health issues in your birth family.