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| 1 | 1 | 81R8789 JSC-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Nelson S.B. No. 1330 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to mutual aid agreements for newborn screening laboratory | |
| 8 | 8 | services. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 12, Health and Safety | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 12.01221 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 12.01221. MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR NEWBORN SCREENING | |
| 13 | 13 | LABORATORY SERVICES. (a) In this section, "newborn screening | |
| 14 | 14 | laboratory services" means the performance of tests to analyze | |
| 15 | 15 | specimens collected as part of the newborn screenings performed | |
| 16 | 16 | under Subchapter B, Chapter 33. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) Notwithstanding Section 12.0122 or other law, the | |
| 18 | 18 | department may enter into a mutual aid agreement to provide newborn | |
| 19 | 19 | screening laboratory services to another state and to receive | |
| 20 | 20 | newborn screening laboratory services from another state in the | |
| 21 | 21 | event of an unexpected interruption of service, including an | |
| 22 | 22 | interruption caused by a disaster. | |
| 23 | 23 | (c) Each mutual aid agreement under Subsection (b) shall | |
| 24 | 24 | include provisions: | |
| 25 | 25 | (1) to address the confidentiality of the identity of | |
| 26 | 26 | the newborn child and the newborn child's family; and | |
| 27 | 27 | (2) to ensure the return of blood specimens and | |
| 28 | 28 | related records to the state that received the newborn screening | |
| 29 | 29 | laboratory services. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |