To amend the Head Start Act to require parental consent for nonemergency intrusive physical examinations.

1. Adds SEC. __. HEAD START ACT AMENDMENT IMPOSING PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIREMENT FOR NONEMERGENCY INTRUSIVE PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. __. HEAD START ACT AMENDMENT IMPOSING PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIREMENT FOR NONEMERGENCY INTRUSIVE PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS.

   Inserted: The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "SEC. 657A. PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIREMENT FOR NONEMERGENCY INTRUSIVE PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS.

   Inserted: "(a) In General.--A Head Start agency shall obtain written parental consent before administration of any nonemergency intrusive physical examination of a child in connection with participation in a program under this subchapter.

   Inserted: "(b) Definition.--The term 'nonemergency intrusive physical examination' means, with respect to a child, a physical examination that--

   Inserted: "(1) is not immediately necessary to protect the health or safety of the child involved or the health or safety of another individual; and

   Inserted: "(2) requires incision or is otherwise invasive, or involves exposure of private body parts.".

   The amendment doesn't say where this goes; the clerk decides.

   Original wording

   At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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