Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

Filed: 4/11/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3031

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Amend House Bill 3031 by
3 replacing the title with the following:
4     "AN ACT concerning health."; and
 
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
 
7     "Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is
8 amended by adding Section 20 as follows:
 
9     (405 ILCS 49/20 new)
10     Sec. 20. Mandatory screening and testing prohibited.
11 Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize
12 or require mandatory mental health screenings or testing of a
13 pregnant woman or a child against the wishes of the pregnant
14 woman or of the child's parent or legal guardian. Mental health
15 screening or testing of a child may not be authorized or
16 required without the written permission of the child's parent
17 or legal guardian.
18     Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 94th
19 General Assembly shall be construed to supersede the intent of
20 Section 3-501 of the Mental Health and Developmental
21 Disabilities Code.
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1 becoming law.".