[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 110 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 110

 To allow the psychiatric or psychological examinations required under 
chapter 313 of title 18, United States Code, relating to offenders with 
 mental disease or defect, to be conducted by a clinical social worker.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 2007

Mr. Reid (for Mr. Inouye) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow the psychiatric or psychological examinations required under 
chapter 313 of title 18, United States Code, relating to offenders with 
 mental disease or defect, to be conducted by a clinical social worker.

    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 ``Psychiatric and Psychological 
Examinations Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. EXAMINATIONS BY CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS.

    Section 4247(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the 
first sentence, by striking ``psychiatrist or psychologist'' and 
inserting ``psychiatrist, psychologist, or clinical social worker''.
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