1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to health; requiring revision of the list of tests to be administered for
1.3 determining the presence of a heritable or congenital disorder; amending Minnesota
1.4 Statutes 2024, section 144.125, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.125, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2.Determination of tests to be administered.(a) The commissioner shall
1.8periodically revise the list of tests to be administered for determining the presence of a
1.9heritable or congenital disorder. Revisions to the list shall reflect advances in medical
1.10science, new and improved testing methods, or other factors that will improve the public
1.11health. In determining whether a test must be administered, the commissioner shall take
1.12into consideration the adequacy of analytical methods to detect the heritable or congenital
1.13disorder, the ability to treat or prevent medical conditions caused by the heritable or
1.14congenital disorder, and the severity of the medical conditions caused by the heritable or
1.15congenital disorder. The list of tests to be performed may be revised if the changes are
1.16recommended by the advisory committee established under section 144.1255, approved by
1.17the commissioner, and published in the State Register. The revision is exempt from the
1.18rulemaking requirements in chapter 14, and sections 14.385 and 14.386 do not apply.
1.19 (b) The commissioner shall revise the list of tests to be administered for determining
1.20the presence of a heritable or congenital disorder to include metachromatic leukodystrophy
1.21(MLD).
1Section 1.
25-02997 as introduced02/10/25 REVISOR SGS/KR
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1494NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MILLER, Boldon, Coleman, Housley and Hoffman)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/17/2025
Referred to Health and Human Services