Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

Filed: 4/12/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3031

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