SB 1254 Florida Senate · 2022 Regular Session

Cardiac Screening for Newborns

Summary
Cardiac Screening for Newborns; Revising components that are included in the postpartum evaluation and follow-up care birth centers are required to provide to include a cardiac screening of the newborn; requiring attending health care providers at home births to provide or coordinate the referral for a newborn cardiovascular screening; requiring the newborn’s primary care provider to provide or coordinate the referral for the screening if a health care provider does not attend the home birth; requiring hospitals that provide birthing services to provide a postpartum evaluation that includes the cardiovascular screening of each newborn, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
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Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Mar 14, 2022
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Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
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Jan 5, 2022
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Joe Gruters
RRepublican
FL
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