Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-536

EHS 536

Regulating Behavior Modification

Messrs. Joyce and Eldridge and Ms. Jehlen moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section __, the following new section:-

“SECTION __.  Chapter 19B of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 19. The use of any aversive conditioning device used to administer an electrical shock or other noxious stimuli to a student to modify undesirable behavioral characteristics shall be limited to devices tested for safety and efficacy and approved for such use by the United States Food and Drug Administration where such approval is required by Federal regulation.”