[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4518 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4518

     To protect the constitutional rights of parents and children.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2014

 Mr. Stockman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
     To protect the constitutional rights of parents and children.

    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 ``Parental Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    Congress finds:
            (1) The rates in the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in 
        children and the prescription of psychotropic medication to 
        children has increased dramatically in recent years.
            (2) Nearly 70 percent of the Diagnostic and Statistical 
        Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) task force members report 
        having ties to the pharmaceutical industry.
            (3) Many medical institutions are allowed to include wards 
        of the State in research that presents greater than minimal 
        risk with no prospect of direct benefit for the research 
        subject.
            (4) There is a misuse of federally allocated funds to 
        violate the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of children 
        and wards of the State.

SEC. 3. GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.

    The Department of Health and Human Services shall withhold all 
monies from State agencies or entities, hospitals, and medical 
facilities that--
            (1) allow research presenting greater than minimal risk to 
        minors, juveniles, or wards of the State;
            (2) deny Fourteenth Amendment rights to the parents or 
        child; or
            (3) investigate parents or charge them with medical 
        neglect, or remove children from the parents' custody when in 
        disagreement with a subjective diagnosis involving psychotropic 
        drugs.

SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT.

    The Department of Health and Human Services and the Attorney 
General shall enforce the provisions of section 4.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The provisions of this Act shall take effect immediately upon 
enactment.
                                 <all>