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Parental Consent Act of 2005

Introduced: January 4, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Feb 9, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Feb 4, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 25, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jan 4, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Jan 4, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1)
Jan 4, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Parental Consent Act of 2005 - Prohibits Federal funds from being used to establish or implement any universal or mandatory mental health 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 or education neglect until the agency or instrument demonstrates that it is no longer using such refusal as a basis of such charge.

Defines universal or mandatory mental health screening 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 President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health; 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.

What's happening now February 9, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jun 9, 2005
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Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Mar 2, 2005
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 1, 2005
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Feb 8, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 181: Parental Consent Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-181/
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"H.R. 181: Parental Consent Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-181/.
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H.R. 181, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-181/.
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