ENROLLED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 19
BY REPRESENTATIVES FOIL, BAGLEY, CHANEY, COX, HENSGENS, HOFFMANN,
HORTON, JACKSON, JOHNSON, LEBAS, POPE, AND STAGNI AND
SENATORS BARROW AND PRICE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to take such actions as are
necessary to add Severe Combined Immunodeficiency to the newborn screening
panel of this state.
WHEREAS, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) is a life threatening
syndrome in which a person's adaptive immune system is severely impaired; and
WHEREAS, persons with SCID are extremely vulnerable to ordinary infections, and
viruses that are minor for persons without SCID are often deadly for persons who have
SCID; and
WHEREAS, SCID is detectable through genetic testing, and early detection of this
disorder is vital to ensure the survival of those persons with SCID; and
WHEREAS, newborn screening identifies babies with congenital disorders like
SCID; and
WHEREAS, nearly four million newborns are screened annually in the United States
for numerous diseases, and forty-six states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia
currently screen for SCID; and
WHEREAS, screening for SCID in a newborn child is not included in Louisiana's
current newborn screening panel.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to take such actions as are necessary
to add Severe Combined Immunodeficiency to the newborn screening panel of this state.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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