Child Medication Safety Act of 2003
Official title: A bill to protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering a controlled substance in order to attend school, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1390: Child Medication Safety Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1390/
"S. 1390: Child Medication Safety Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1390/.
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