Newborn screening requirements.
Summary
Provides that beginning July 1, 2022, only a disorder recommended by a perinatal genetics and genomics advisory committee (committee) with expertise in newborn screening, and through protocols prescribed by the state department, may be added to the list of disorders requiring the examination of infants. Provides that beginning July 1, 2022, a committee with expertise in newborn screening, and through protocols established by the state department, may recommend the addition of a disorder to, or deletion of a disorder from, the required examination. Provides that the state department shall adopt rules to add disorders to, or delete disorders from, the required examination. Provides that the state department shall include any disorder added to or deleted from the required examination on a list on the state department's Internet web site. Provides that the committee shall affirm the addition of, or deletion of, any disorder to the examination requirement on an annual basis.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House Passage
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Jan 6, 2022
Signed Mar 10, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2022
How they voted
45–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 47
Feb 22, 2022
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican36
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Mar 10, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Feb 23, 2022
Introduced
Returned to the House without amendments
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 238: yeas 48, nays 0
upper
Feb 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Senate
lower
Jan 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 80: yeas 90, nays 0
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 13, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
lower
Jan 13, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
3 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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