[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4989 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4989

  To prohibit Federal funding of any treatment or research in which a 
  ward of the State is subjected to greater than minimal risk to the 
   individual's health with no or minimal prospect of direct benefit.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2014

 Mrs. Bachmann (for herself, Ms. Bass, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Marino) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit Federal funding of any treatment or research in which a 
  ward of the State is subjected to greater than minimal risk to the 
   individual's health with no or minimal prospect of direct benefit.

    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 ``Justina's Law''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST FUNDING FOR TREATMENT OR RESEARCH IN WHICH 
              A WARD OF THE STATE IS SUBJECTED TO GREATER THAN MINIMAL 
              RISK WITH NO OR MINIMAL PROSPECT OF DIRECT BENEFIT.

    No Federal funds may be used to conduct or support treatment or 
research in which a patient or subject is--
            (1) a ward of the State; and
            (2) subjected to greater than minimal risk to the patient 
        or subject's health with no or minimal prospect of direct 
        benefit.
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