View Amendment Current Amendment: 189R001.KMM.TRY.docx to Bill 189     Senator YOUNG proposed the following amendment (189R001.KMM.TRY):
    Amend the bill, as and if amended, page 3, by striking lines 28 through 43, and page 4, by striking lines 1 through 2, and inserting:
        /         (1)     'Torture' means acts or omissions that:
            (a)(i)     include one or more of the following:
                    (A)     a pattern of assaults;
                    (B)     psychological maltreatment; or
                    (C)     omissions of care;
                (ii)     are committed upon a child for the purpose of causing severe physical, mental, or emotional pain, which occurs over a period of time, resulting in serious physical or psychological injury or impairment, prolonged suffering, or the risk of permanent disfigurement, dysfunction, or death; and
                (iii)     are done with malice or an extreme indifference to the well-being of the child.
            (b)     Torture includes, but is not limited to:
                (i)         the infliction of severe physical or emotional pain upon a child repeatedly for the purpose of terrorizing the child;
                (ii)     the unreasonable or extended binding, restraint, or confinement of a child that results in prolonged suffering or serious physical or psychological injury; or
                (iii)     the intentional refusal to provide for the health, safety, medical, or nutritional needs of a child for an extended period of time such that the child suffers or risks serious physical, mental, or emotional harm.         /
    Renumber sections to conform.
    Amend title to conform.