HB3167 HFAT Akers 3-31

Morgan 3345

Delegate Akers moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

H. B. 3167 -- A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by inserting a new section thereto, designated §49-4-611, relating to drug testing relating to child neglect or abuse; allowing a 12-panel hair follicle drug testing after the filing of a petition alleging child abuse and neglect;  permitting a circuit court to order a pediatric neurological evaluation of certain children under two months of age in certain circumstances; allowing usage of a 12-panel hair follicle drug test to verify drug use;  providing that attempting to alter hair to evade detection of drug usage as demonstrated by a result from a 12-panel hair follicle drug test or the refusal to take such test shall be considered a positive test; establishing that the results of a 12-panel hair follicle drug test can be reported to a multidisciplinary treatment team subject to limitations by a circuit court; and allowing for rebuttal of a allegation of drug use with the use of the 12-panel hair follicle drug test.”

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