General Assembly Committee Bill No. 465
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2957
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 465
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2957
*_____SB00465APP___050113____*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT REQUIRING NEWBORN SCREENING FOR ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 19a-55 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(a) The administrative officer or other person in charge of each institution caring for newborn infants shall cause to have administered to every such infant in its care an HIV-related test, as defined in section 19a-581, a test for phenylketonuria and other metabolic diseases, hypothyroidism, galactosemia, sickle cell disease, maple syrup urine disease, homocystinuria, biotinidase deficiency, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, adrenoleukodystrophy and such other tests for inborn errors of metabolism as shall be prescribed by the Department of Public Health. The tests shall be administered as soon after birth as is medically appropriate. If the mother has had an HIV-related test pursuant to section 19a-90 or 19a-593, the person responsible for testing under this section may omit an HIV-related test. The Commissioner of Public Health shall (1) administer the newborn screening program, (2) direct persons identified through the screening program to appropriate specialty centers for treatments, consistent with any applicable confidentiality requirements, and (3) set the fees to be charged to institutions to cover all expenses of the comprehensive screening program including testing, tracking and treatment. The fees to be charged pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection shall be set at a minimum of fifty-six dollars. The Commissioner of Public Health shall publish a list of all the abnormal conditions for which the department screens newborns under the newborn screening program, which shall include screening for amino acid disorders, organic acid disorders and fatty acid oxidation disorders, including, but not limited to, long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl CoA dehydrogenase (L-CHAD) and medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD).
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2013 19a-55(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2013
19a-55(a)
PH Joint Favorable
APP Joint Favorable
PH
Joint Favorable
APP
Joint Favorable