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H.R. 2218 (111th)

Parental Consent Act of 2009

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Introduced

30 April 2009

Last action

4 June 2009 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Sponsors

Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14], Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6], Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11], Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5], Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8]

Subjects

Healthcare, Education

Source updated

23 March 2026

Healthcare · Education

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Summary

Parental Consent Act of 2009 - Prohibits federal funds from being used to establish or implement any universal or mandatory mental health, psychiatric, or socioemotional screening program. Prohibits federal education funds from being used to pay any local educational agency or other instrument of government that uses the refusal of a parent or legal guardian to provide consent to mental health screening as the basis of a charge of child abuse, child neglect, medical neglect, or education neglect until the agency or instrument demonstrates that it is no longer using such refusal as a basis of such charge. Defines a screening program under this Act as any mental health screening program in which a set of individuals is automatically screened without regard to whether there was a prior indication of a need for mental health treatment, including: (1) any program of state incentive grants to implement recommendations in the July 2003 report of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, the State Early Childhood Comprehensive System, grants for TeenScreen, and the Foundations for Learning Grants; and (2) any student mental health screening program that allows mental health screening of individuals under 18 years of age without the express, written, voluntary, informed consent of the parent or legal guardian of the individual involved.

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Timeline

  1. 30 April 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to House Energy and Commerce

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 30 April 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 30 April 2009

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1036)

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 30 April 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 30 April 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 4 May 2009

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  7. 4 June 2009

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

    Source: Committee

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