HB5297 HFA Pushkin #1 2-27

Delegate Pushkin moves to amend the bill on page 2, Section 20, line 40, following the semicolon by striking out the word "and"; and on line 43, by striking out the period, inserting a semicolon and the following:

"and

(5) The adolescent's attending physician expresses in a written opinion that treatment is medically necessary to treat the minor's psychiatric symptoms that makes the minor a danger to commit suicide without such treatment.";

And,

On page 5, Section 17, line 39, following the semicolon, by striking out the word "and"; and on line 42, by striking out the period, inserting a semicolon and the following:

"and

(5) The adolescent's attending physician expresses in a written opinion that treatment is medically necessary to treat the minor's psychiatric symptoms that makes the minor a danger to commit suicide without such treatment."