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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 96
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 139
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING NEWBORN INFANT HEALTH SCREENING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 19a-55 of the general statutes be amended to (1) require 1
a health screening of a newborn infant not earlier than twenty-four 2
hours after and not later than forty-eight hours after the birth of such 3
newborn infant, and (2) add various metabolic and genetic disorders to 4
the newborn infant screening panel. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To require health screening of newborn infants not earlier than twenty-
four hours after and not later than forty-eight hours after the birth of
such infant and to add various metabolic and genetic disorders to the
newborn infant screening panel.