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Congressional Legislation Details
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'To protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering a controlled substance in order to attend school, and for other purposes.'
Bill # H.R.1170
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Status:
03/11/2003: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
03/12/2003: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR E432)
03/24/2003: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
05/06/2003: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
05/15/2003: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
05/15/2003: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
05/21/2003: Mr. Burns moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
05/21/2003: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 425 - 1 (Roll no. 203). (text of measure as passed: CR H4382)
05/21/2003: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
05/21/2003: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 62.
05/21/2003: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
05/21/2003: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4398)
05/21/2003: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
05/21/2003: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 108-121.
05/21/2003: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4382-4387)
05/22/2003: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committee/Subcommittee Activity:
Education and Labor: Referral
Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education: Referral, Discharged
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions: Referral
Amendment(s):
No amendments.
Summary:
5/21/2003--Passed House, amended. (There is 1 other summary)
Child Medication Safety Act of 2003 - (Sec. 2) 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 a controlled substance in schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act. (Thus prohibits school personnel from coercing children to receive, or their parents to administer, psychotropic medication.) Provides that nothing in such requirement shall be construed to create a Federal prohibition against teachers and other school personnel consulting or sharing classroom-based observations with parents or guardians regarding a student's academic performance or behavior in the classroom or school, or regarding the need for evaluation for special education or related services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
(Sec. 4) Directs the Comptroller General to review and report on: (1) the variation among States in definitions of psychotropic medication as used in regard to State jurisdiction over public education; (2) the prescription rates of medications used in public schools to treat children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other disorders or illnesses; (3) which such medications are listed under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA); and (4) which such medications are not listed under CSA, including their properties and effects and whether they have been considered for CSA listing.
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