[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1170 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1170

     To protect children and their parents from being coerced into 
 administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2003

   Mr. Burns (for himself, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Castle, Mr. 
   Ballenger, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. 
   Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Cole, Mr. Kline, Mrs. Musgrave, Ms. 
    Watson, Mr. Burton of Indiana, and Mr. Tancredo) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To protect children and their parents from being coerced into 
 administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Child Medication Safety Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING THE USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION.

     As a condition of receiving funds under any program or activity 
administered by the Secretary of Education, each State shall develop 
and implement policies and procedures prohibiting school personnel from 
requiring a child to obtain a prescription for a controlled substance 
in schedule II under section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 812(c)) as a condition of attending school or receiving 
services.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

     In this Act:
            (1) Child.--The term ``child'' means any person within the 
        age limits for which the State provides free public education.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, 
        the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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