Bill Summary

SB 722 Newborn Health Screening (2014 Session)
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Sponsors
by Garcia Co Sponsors: Bean, Richter, Soto CS Sponsors: Judiciary, Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Health Policy
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Summary
Newborn Health Screening; Authorizing the State Public Health Laboratory to release the results of a newborn’s hearing and metabolic tests or screenings to the newborn’s health care practitioner; requiring an audiologist to provide an opportunity for the parent or legal guardian of an infant or toddler who is diagnosed with a hearing impairment to provide contact information so that he or she may receive information directly from specified service providers; requiring the Department of Health to post a list of certain service providers on the department website; requiring the audiologist or his or her designee to transmit a consent form to the providers listed on the department website, etc.Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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committees of reference
   S Health Policy
   S Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
   S Judiciary
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Actions
01/23/14
SENATE
Filed
02/04/14
SENATE
Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary
03/06/14
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Health Policy, 03/11/14, 4:00 pm, 412 K
03/11/14
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Health Policy; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/12/14
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/17/14
SENATE
Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
03/20/14
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/25/14, 9:00 am, 37 S
03/25/14
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/26/14
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
03/31/14
SENATE
Now in Judiciary
04/03/14
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Judiciary, 04/08/14, 9:00 am, 110 S
04/08/14
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Judiciary; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/09/14
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C3) Filed
04/11/14
SENATE
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/11/14
SENATE
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/14
04/23/14
SENATE
Read Second Time; Substituted for HB 0591; Laid on Table, Refer to HB 0591
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bill text & filed amendments
0722
Filed on 01/23/14
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Amendment 206024
Bean
Filed on 03/11/14
Replaced by CS
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0722C1
Filed on 03/12/14
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Amendment 330142
Diaz de la Portilla
Filed on 03/24/14
Replaced by CS
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0722C2
Filed on 03/26/14
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Amendment 162312 LF
Bradley
Filed on 04/07/14
Replaced by CS
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0722C3
Filed on 04/09/14
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
383.14
383.145
383.146
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