Page 8 - குடிமக்கள் தரகு News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Parents have long fretted about schools’ ability to circumvent them in critical health decisions regarding their children. Now, those loopholes are getting smaller after the legislature approved provisions requiring parents be notified before their child is sent for an involuntary psychiatric exam. It s part of a years-long effort by parents rights groups and mental health advocates to curb the use of the state s Baker Act on children. Beth Carr’s son was sent for an involuntary psychiatric exam in 2016 after what she describes as making a bad joke: her then-15-year-old said he liked the smell of gasoline. “You know how kids are. They just say things. And his teacher was like, ‘Oh, you know who else likes the smell of gasoline? Sociopaths, Carr said. She was featured in WFSU and Health News Florida’s report on the Baker Act a law that allows people to be involuntary sent for psychiatric examinations. Nearly 38,000 kids were Baker Acted in 2019 and a quarter of those re

United statesCaitlin clibbonBeth carrHealth news floridaCitizens commission on human right diane steinBaker actBaker actedCitizens commissionHuman right dianeBaker act hotlineRights floridaஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில்பெத் கார்ஆரோக்கியம் செய்தி புளோரிடாரொட்டி சுடுபவர் நாடகம்ரொட்டி சுடுபவர்