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Bill 4648

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4648
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020205
Primary Sponsor:                  Bingham
All Sponsors:                     Bingham
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11176ac02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Psychotropic drugs, to prohibit school 
                                  personnel from recommending use for students


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020205  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-80 SO AS TO REQUIRE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ADOPT POLICIES PROHIBITING SCHOOL PERSONNEL FROM RECOMMENDING THE USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE REFUSAL OF A PARENT TO ADMINISTER PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS IS NOT, IN AND OF ITSELF, GROUNDS TO TAKE THE CHILD INTO CUSTODY UNLESS THE REFUSAL CAUSES THE CHILD TO BE NEGLECTED OR ABUSED.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 59-63-80.    (A)    Each school district shall adopt and implement policies prohibiting any school personnel from recommending the use of psychotropic drugs for any child. This does not prohibit school medical staff from recommending that a child be evaluated by an appropriate medical practitioner or prohibit school personnel from consulting with a practitioner with the consent of the parents or guardian of a child.

    (B)    The refusal of a parent or other person having control of a child to administer or consent to the administration of any psychotropic drug to the child does not, in and of itself, constitute grounds for the Department of Social Services to take the child into custody or for a family court to order that the child be taken into custody by the department, unless the refusal causes the child to be neglected or abused, as defined in Section 20-7-490."

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