California Democrats on Tuesday introduced a bill that would allow children as young as 12 to consent to being placed in residential shelter services by mental health professionals, according to the state’s legislative information website.
The state Senate Judiciary Committee approved Congressional Bill 665, drafted by Democratic Rep. Wendy Carrillo and Democratic State Senator Scott Weiner, in a 9-2 vote, according to legislative information. website. The bill would provide mental health services to minors when they “are at risk of serious physical or mental harm to themselves or others,” or “are alleged victims of incest or child abuse.” It would remove the requirement from current law that mandates treatment or being able to consent to treatment. According to the text, “housing shelter services.”
It will also allow mental health professionals to “consult with minors before determining whether parental or guardian involvement of minors is inappropriate,” the text says. The bill would allow the changes to come into effect in July 2024.
According to one report, critics attacked the bill, claiming it was a violation of rights and would allow children to be emancipated at the age of 12. video Contents of the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting posted by the California Family Council.
“There are so many misinformation and lies about this bill that it has drawn national and international attention to how it treats mental health services for young people in the United States and California,” Carrillo said at the meeting. rice field.
According to the video, Wiener said those who opposed the bill were part of a “right-wing rogue organization.” (Related: California legislature eases sex offender registration requirements for sodomy with minors | The Daily Caller)
senator @ScottWiener claim to #AB665 A bill that allows state-sanctioned kidnapping is “good and important legislation.”
Wiener even went so far as to call his parents against it. #AB665 It’s part of the “Right-Wing Rage Machine.” pic.twitter.com/lHSDo3f3fM
— CA Family Council (@CAFamily) June 21, 2023
Dennis Aguilar, co-founder of the civil rights group Freedom Angels, said: called “Gaslighting and swearing,” Wiener said on Twitter.
Carrillo and Weiner did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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