Senate Bill No. 722
(By Senators Wooton, Craigo, Jackson, Walker,
White, Buckalew and Scott)
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[Introduced February 23, 1998; referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend article five-e, chapter forty-nine of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
six, relating to authorizing the director of the division of
juvenile services, or his or her designee, to consent to
medical treatment of any juvenile in the director's custody.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five-e, chapter forty-nine of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section six,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5E. DIVISION OF JUVENILE SERVICES.
§49-5E-6. Director authorized to consent to treatment of
juveniles in custody of the division.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the director, or his or her designee, is hereby authorized to
consent to the medical treatment of any juvenile in the legal or
physical custody of the director or the division.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the
Director of the Division of Juvenile Services to consent to the
medical treatment of any juvenile in the director's or division's
legal or physical custody.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
This bill is recommended for passage in the 1998 regular
legislative session by the Legislative Task Force on Juvenile
Foster Care, Detention and Placement.)