[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 189 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 189

      To amend the Head Start Act to require parental consent for 
             nonemergency intrusive physical examinations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 26, 2005

  Mr. Inhofe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Head Start Act to require parental consent for 
             nonemergency intrusive physical examinations.

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

SECTION 1. HEAD START ACT AMENDMENT IMPOSING PARENTAL CONSENT 
              REQUIREMENT FOR NONEMERGENCY INTRUSIVE PHYSICAL 
              EXAMINATIONS.

    The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``SEC. 657A. PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIREMENT FOR NONEMERGENCY INTRUSIVE 
              PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--A Head Start agency shall obtain written 
parental consent before administration of any nonemergency intrusive 
physical examination of a child in connection with participation in a 
program under this subchapter.
    ``(b) Definition.--The term `nonemergency intrusive physical 
examination' means, with respect to a child, a physical examination 
that--
            ``(1) is not immediately necessary to protect the health or 
        safety of the child involved or the health or safety of another 
        individual; and
            ``(2) requires incision or is otherwise invasive, or 
        involves exposure of private body parts.''.
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