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Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
Filed: 4/12/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3031
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3031 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is |
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| amended by adding Section 20 as follows:
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| (405 ILCS 49/20 new) |
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| Sec. 20. Mandatory screening and testing prohibited. |
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| Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize |
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| or require mandatory mental health screenings or testing of a |
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| pregnant woman or a child against the wishes of the pregnant |
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| woman or of the child's parent or legal guardian. Mental health |
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| screening or testing of a child may not be authorized or |
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| required without the written permission of the child's parent |
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| or legal guardian. |
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| Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 94th |
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| General Assembly shall be construed to supersede the intent of |
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| Section 3-501 of the Mental Health and Developmental |
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| Disabilities Code.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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