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About 49,000 prescriptions for antipsychotic and neuroleptic drugs are currently given to children under five years old through the Texas Medicaid program, many of whom are in foster care, state Rep. Sylvester Turner said yesterday in a hearing on HB 473. (Some of those represent multiple psychotropic drugs prescribed to the same child, so the total number of kids receiving the drugs is lower than that). Turner's bill would require pre-authorization for such prescriptions for very young children. In Illinois, according to one witness, similar pre-authorization is required up to age 8.
Chairman Richard Raymond suggested the drugs were being used as a substitute for parental "patience." A GAO study (pdf) from 2011 found that children in foster care are given psychotropic drugs at much higher rates than kids who are not.
The Texas Medical Association opposed the bill, arguing the decision should be left to doctors. Go here to watch the hearing; the bill was brought up at the 28:00 minute mark.
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