Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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Amend Chapter 11 of Title 15. Relating to juvenile proceedings. This bill would prohibit universal mental health testing and psychiatric or socioemotional screening of juveniles except when a child�s parent, guardian, or custodian has provided written, active, informed, voluntary, signed consent which may be withdrawn at any time by the parent, guardian, or custodian; a court requires the screening; or emergency testing or screening or testing or screening done in connection with a disaster or epidemic. A local school system shall not use a parent�s, guardian�s, or custodian�s refusal to consent to the administration of a psychotropic medication to a child or student or to the administration of a psychiatric screening, evaluation, testing, or examination of a child or student as a ground or grounds for prohibiting the child or student from attending class or school-relating activities, or as a basis of child abuse or neglect.
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