88R8491 EAS-F
By: Klick H.B. No. 2478
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an annual report regarding certain newborn screening
tests.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 33, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 33.020 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.020. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) For each newborn screening
test that screens for a disorder included in the list of core
conditions described by Section 33.011(a-1) that is not required by
the department, the department shall, not later than September 1 of
each year, prepare and submit a written report to the governor, the
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
and each standing committee of the legislature having primary
jurisdiction over the department. The written report must:
(1) identify any additional program capacity or
resources the department would need to:
(A) implement the additional newborn screening
test; and
(B) require each newborn in the state to receive
the additional newborn screening test; and
(2) summarize the plan for implementing and requiring
the additional newborn screening test, including by identifying:
(A) any potential barriers to implementation;
and
(B) the anticipated implementation date.
(b) As part of the plan described by Subsection (a)(2), the
report must include information on whether the department is
capable of implementing the required additional newborn screening
test within a 24-month period.
SECTION 2. Section 33.054, Health and Safety Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.