HLS 16RS-368 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 283
BY REPRESENTATIVE EMERSON
CHILDREN/NEWBORNS: Requires screening of newborns for Krabbe disease
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1081.2(A)(1), relative to newborn screening; to require all
3 newborns to be screened for Krabbe disease; to make technical changes; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:1081.2(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1081.2. Tests
8 A.(1) The physician attending a newborn child, or the person attending a
9 newborn child who was not attended by a physician, shall cause the child to be
10 subjected to tests for phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism, sickle cell
11 diseases, biotinidase deficiency, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, carnitine uptake
12 defect, long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, medium-chain
13 acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, trifunctional protein deficiency, very long-
14 chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, glutaric acidemia type I, 3-hydroxy-3-
15 methylglutaryl-CoA lyase deficiency, isovaleric acidemia, 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA
16 carboxylase deficiency, methylmalonic acidemia (CBL A,B), beta ketothiolase,
17 methylmalonic acidemia (MUT), propionic acidemia, multiple carboxylase
18 deficiency, argininosuccinate acidemia, citrullinemia type I, homocystinuria, maple
19 syrup urine disease, tyrosinemia type I, cystic fibrosis, Krabbe disease, and other
20 genetic conditions that have been approved by the Department of Health and
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1 Hospitals; however, no such tests shall be given to any child whose parents object
2 thereto. Effective July 1, 2007, cystic fibrosis shall be included in the tests that the
3 newborn child shall be subject to by the physician attending the newborn child or the
4 person attending the newborn child who was not attended by a physician.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 283 Original 2016 Regular Session Emerson
Abstract: Requires all newborns to be screened for Krabbe disease.
Present law requires the physician attending a newborn child, or the person attending a
newborn child who was not attended by a physician, to have the child tested for all of the
following:
(1)Phenylketonuria.
(2)Congenital hypothyroidism.
(3)Sickle cell diseases.
(4)Biotinidase deficiency.
(5)Congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
(6)Carnitine uptake defect.
(7)Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
(8)Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
(9)Trifunctional protein deficiency.
(10)Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
(11)Glutaric acidemia type I.
(12)3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase deficiency.
(13)Isovaleric acidemia.
(14)3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency.
(15)Methylmalonic acidemia (CBL A,B).
(16)Beta ketothiolase.
(17)Methylmalonic acidemia (MUT).
(18)Propionic acidemia.
(19)Multiple carboxylase deficiency.
(20)Argininosuccinate acidemia.
(21)Citrullinemia type I.
(22)Homocystinuria.
(23)Maple syrup urine disease.
(24)Tyrosinemia type I.
(25)Other genetic conditions that have been approved by the Dept. of Health and
Hospitals.
Proposed law retains present law and adds Krabbe disease to the list of required screenings.
Present law further provides that no such tests shall be given to any child whose parents
object.
Proposed law retains present law.
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Present law requires the physician attending a newborn child to have the child subjected to
tests for cystic fibrosis effective July 1, 2007.
Proposed law retains present law but makes a technical change by relocating the requirement
through adding cystic fibrosis to the list of required tests and deleting the current language.
(Amends R.S. 40:1081.2(A)(1))
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