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It's overstepping for a stepparent to drive a stepchild to the doctor and receive information on behalf of the parent? Seriously?

I'm with j/k; I think you are imagining that being authorized for HIPAA purposes gives the stepparent the right to be involved in the treatment. It does not.

And if you do understand that and still think it's overstepping, then I think you need to get out more.
You have the right to your opinion, I have the right to mine. However one thing is absolutely true, stepparents who get overly involved in things like medical issues and educational issues cause more problems than its worth. If my husband needed me to take a child to a medical appointment I would be on the phone to the child's mother immediately to make sure that she was ok with it as well. If she preferred to take the child herself, I would happily bow out.