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Latest Action: 08/02/2007 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10840-10841 text as passed Senate: CR S10840-10841 text of measure as introduced: CR S10822-10823) Bill TextA resolution designating September 19, 2007, as "National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day". 8/2/2007--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates September 19, 2007, as National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day. Recognizes Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a major public health concern. Encourages Americans to find out more about ADHD, support ADHD mental health services, and seek treatment and support. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the government has a responsibility to: (1) raise awareness about ADHD; and (2) consider ways to improve mental health services for children and adults with ADHD.
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Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3203) Bill TextA bill to protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering a controlled substance in order to attend school, and for other purposes. 3/15/2007--Introduced. Child Medication Safety Act of 2007 - Requires states, as a condition of receiving funds under any program or activity administered by the Secretary of Education, to develop and implement policies and procedures prohibiting school personnel from requiring a child, as a condition of attending school or receiving services, to obtain a prescription for any specified controlled substances listed under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) or a psychotropic drug. Prohibits the provision of federal education funds to any local educational agency or instrument of government that uses a parent's or guardian's refusal to provide his or her child with a controlled substance or psychotropic drug as the basis of a child abuse, child neglect, education neglect, or medical neglect charge. Directs the Comptroller [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Access to health care, Child health, Children, Commemorations, Disabled, Health education, Health policy, Medical care, Medicine, Mental health services, Public health, Quality of care, Quality of life, Special days
Latest Action: 08/02/2007 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10840-10841 text as passed Senate: CR S10840-10841 text of measure as introduced: CR S10822-10823) Bill TextA resolution designating September 19, 2007, as "National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day". 8/2/2007--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates September 19, 2007, as National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day. Recognizes Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a major public health concern. Encourages Americans to find out more about ADHD, support ADHD mental health services, and seek treatment and support. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the government has a responsibility to: (1) raise awareness about ADHD; and (2) consider ways to improve mental health services for children and adults with ADHD.
Also tagged in: Academic performance, Budgets, Child abuse, Child health, Child safety, Children, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Disabled, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Evidence (Law), Families, Federal aid to education, Health policy, Hyperactive children, Law, Medical care, Medicine, Parent-school relationships, Psychotropic drugs, School districts, School health programs, Secondary education, Special education, State and local government, State laws
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3203) Bill TextA bill to protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering a controlled substance in order to attend school, and for other purposes. 3/15/2007--Introduced. Child Medication Safety Act of 2007 - Requires states, as a condition of receiving funds under any program or activity administered by the Secretary of Education, to develop and implement policies and procedures prohibiting school personnel from requiring a child, as a condition of attending school or receiving services, to obtain a prescription for any specified controlled substances listed under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) or a psychotropic drug. Prohibits the provision of federal education funds to any local educational agency or instrument of government that uses a parent's or guardian's refusal to provide his or her child with a controlled substance or psychotropic drug as the basis of a child abuse, child neglect, education neglect, or medical neglect charge. Directs the Comptroller [...] show full description
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