1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 297, the delete everything amendment
1.2(A07-0645), as follows:
1.3Page 146, after line 22, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 17. STUDY; PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION.
1.5    The commissioner of human services shall undertake a study to determine:
1.6    1) The number and percentage of children in the foster care system that are receiving
1.7psychotropic medication;
1.8    2) The ages of the children receiving psychotropic medication;
1.9    3) The number and percentage of children in the foster care system that are receiving
1.10more than one psychotropic medication;
1.11    4).The numbers and percentages of children in the foster care system that are
1.12receiving two, three four, five, or more psychotropic medications;
1.13    5) The number and percentage of children in the foster care system that are receiving
1.14psychotropic medications that are FDA approved for their age; and
1.15    6) The rate of increase in the numbers and percentage of children in the foster care
1.16system that are receiving psychotropic drugs since the implementation of the psychiatric
1.17screening system of children in the foster care system.
1.18All of the above data shall be obtained with parent, guardian, or foster parent consent and
1.19reported in aggregate numbers and percentages. "