WorldNetDaily ON CAPITOL HILL Attempt to stop mandatory mental screening fails Congressman pushed language requiring parental consent Posted: November 24, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com An attempt by Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, to add language to the omnibus spending bill in Congress to require parental consent for any mental-health screening done to children with federal money has failed. The language was proposed to blunt the effect of a program proposed by the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, which President Bush established in 2002. The New Freedom Initiative recommends screening not only for children but eventually for every...
