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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 548

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  548  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The  Department  of  Public  Health  Act is
 5    amended by adding Section 8.5 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 2305/8.5 new)
 7        Sec. 8.5. Advisory Council on Psychotropic  Drug  Therapy
 8    for Children and Adolescents.
 9        The  Director  of Public Health shall appoint an Advisory
10    Council  on  Psychotropic  Drug  Therapy  for  Children   and
11    Adolescents.  The  membership of the Council shall include at
12    least one person from each of the following  categories:  (i)
13    child   psychiatrists,   (ii)  pharmacologists,  (iii)  child
14    behavioral  specialists,  (iv)  educators,  (v)  parents   of
15    children   taking   psychotropic   medications,   (vi)  child
16    advocates, and (vii) representatives  of  the  Department  of
17    Children  and  Family Services and other agencies involved in
18    providing out-of-home care for minors. The Council shall have
19    the following powers:
20             (a)  to receive information  with  respect  to,  and
21        study  and  analyze, mental illness and serious emotional
22        disturbances affecting children and adolescents;
 
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 1             (b)  to receive information  with  respect  to,  and
 2        study  and  analyze, psychotropic drugs used as treatment
 3        for a mental illness or  serious  emotional  disturbance,
 4        with  particular  attention focused on the potential side
 5        effects and consequences of abuse, misuse,  misdiagnosis,
 6        or improper dosage;
 7             (c)  to address the potential impact of psychotropic
 8        drugs   on   children   and  adolescents,  including  the
 9        relationship between the use of such drugs and tendencies
10        toward violence or suicide; and
11             (d)  to conduct  such  public  hearings  as  may  be
12        necessary  to carry out its powers and duties pursuant to
13        this Section.
14        The Council shall submit a written report to the Governor
15    and the General Assembly on  or  before  December  31,  2002,
16    setting  forth  the findings of the Council on matters within
17    the scope of its powers and  duties  as  set  forth  in  this
18    Section.  The  Department shall make this report available to
19    the public.

20        Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
21    becoming law.".

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