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House passes bill to let parents obtain independent pediatric specialty evaluations when physicians take temporary custody of a child
Summary
Senate Bill 259 would require that parents or guardians whose child is taken into temporary protective custody by a physician have the right to obtain an independent medical evaluation or pediatric specialty consultation and to have the results considered at juvenile dependency hearings; the House passed the bill unanimously.
Chairlady Ballinger presented Senate Bill 259, explaining that the measure adds a statutory right for parents or guardians to obtain an independent medical evaluation or pediatric specialty consultation when a physician takes a child into temporary protective custody under OCGA procedures. The House agreed to the committee report and passed SB 259 on a recorded vote announced as 163 yeas, 0 nays.
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