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Utah Senate advances bill limiting teachers’ recommendations on student medical treatment after contested testimony
Summary
After five-minute testimonies from two doctors and extended floor debate, the Utah Senate on Feb. 14 voted to advance House Bill 202 — which restricts certain types of teacher recommendations about psychiatric or psychological treatments for students — to third reading by 18-10.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 14 advanced House Bill 202, a measure that limits the kinds of psychiatric or psychological treatment recommendations school employees may make to parents, after a committee-of-the-whole hearing and extended floor debate.
Two physicians addressed the Senate in a timed committee of the whole before senators debated the measure. Dr. Metcalfe, a general pediatrician, urged senators to oppose the bill, saying existing Utah State Board of Education regulations already prevent teachers from making medical diagnoses and warning the bill would create a "chilling effect" that could reduce information teachers provide to clinicians. "If you pass a state law with penalties, teachers and psychologists will simply not…
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