Amendment #11 to H4069

Protecting infants born addicted to drugs

Mrs. O'Connell of Taunton moves 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 illegal 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 random 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 under the service plan.”