Foster Care for Children Law (Amendment – Giving Consent to Psychiatric Treatment) Bill
Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק אומנה לילדים (תיקון - מתן הסכמה לטיפול פסיכיאטרי)
TL;DRThe bill allows a foster parent to consent to psychiatric treatment and psychiatric medication for a child in outpatient treatment, but not to psychiatric hospitalization.
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What does the bill do?
The bill changes the Foster Care for Children Law (2016) in two schedules: in the first schedule it adds the foster parent's authority to consent to psychiatric treatment and treatment with psychiatric medication according to the foster care supervisor's guidance; in the second schedule it leaves the authority to consent to psychiatric hospitalization only with other parties (not the foster parent). The bill distinguishes between ongoing, regular psychiatric treatment and hospitalization, which requires closer supervision and restriction of liberty.
The votes on this bill
Coalition 67 seats
Left the coalition 9 seats
Opposition 44 seats
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