----- Original Message ----- From: Home School Legal Defense Association To: Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Kekoa, III Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 11:17 AM Subject: SUBJECT: CALLS NEEDED TODAY TO STOP MANDATORY MENTAL HEALTH TESTING. ====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== June 24, 2005 Immediate Action Needed: Please call your Congressman TODAY and ask them to support Congressman Ron Paul's amendment to the H.R. 3010. The Congressional Switchboard is: 202-224-3121 BACKGROUND: Congressmen Ron Paul (TX-14), Tom Feeney (FL-24), Roscoe Bartlett (MD-6) are offering an amendment to H.R. 3010, the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Act of 2006--this afternoon. This amendment will prohibit any funds in H.R. 3010 to be used to create or implement any universal mental health screening program. Last year, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriation Act, H.R. 4818, which provided $20 million in funding for state grants in order to change their current mental health care system. HSLDA and other pro-liberty groups are concerned that states will use these grants to implement some form of mandatory, comprehensive mental health screening. Ron Paul's amendment to H.R. 3010 would alleviate concerns over such a system. However, YOUR CALLS ARE NEEDED IMMEDIATELY because special interest groups within the psychiatric community are opposed to this amendment and its protections in support of parental rights. For more information on HSLDA's concerns on the mental health issue, visit: http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200503110.asp ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. Box 3000 Purcellville, Virginia 20134 Phone: (540) 338-5600 Fax: (540) 338-2733 Email: info@hslda.org Web: http://www.hslda.org [Related Article: Congress Funds Psychological Tests for Kids] |