Amendment #751 to H4000

Protecting infants born addicted to drugs

Representatives O'Connell of Taunton, Cole of Peabody, Diehl of Whitman, Dooley of Norfolk, Kuros of Uxbridge and Lombardo of Billerica move to amend the bill by adding the following section:-

“SECTION XXXX: Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Infants born addicted to drugs as a result of the use of drugs by the birth mother during pregnancy shall be placed under the care and custody of the department of children and families and placed in an appropriate foster care home.  The birth mother shall submit to treatment and drug testing as a provision of the service plan.  No infant or child shall be placed with a parent or guardian who has failed a drug test.”