Amend HB 2 (house committee report) on page 6, between lines 24 and 25, by inserting the following appropriately lettered subsection:
(____) A school district or open-enrollment charter school that receives a grant awarded under Section 37.1087 to conduct a psychological or psychiatric examination or test of or provide psychological or psychiatric treatment to a student may only do so if, before conducting the examination or test or providing the treatment, the district or school obtains written consent for the examination, test, or, treatment from the student's parent or guardian. For purposes of this subsection:
(1) "Psychological or psychiatric examination or test" means a method designed to elicit information regarding an attitude, habit, trait, opinion, belief, feeling, or mental disorder or a condition thought to lead to a mental disorder, regardless of the manner in which the method is presented or characterized, including a method that is presented or characterized as a survey, check-in, or screening or is embedded in an academic lesson.
(2) "Psychological or psychiatric treatment" means the planned, systematic use of a method or technique that is designed to affect behavioral, emotional, or attitudinal characteristics of an individual or group.