Bill Text: CT SB00056 | 2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening For Newborn Infants.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-13-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-08 - Signed by the Governor [SB00056 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00056-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 56
February Session, 2012		LCO No. 475
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Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT CONCERNING PULSE OXIMETRY SCREENING FOR NEWBORN INFANTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 19a-55 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):

(b) In addition to the testing requirements prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, the administrative officer or other person in charge of each institution caring for newborn infants shall cause to have administered to every such infant in its care a screening test for cystic fibrosis, a pulse oximetry screening test and a screening test for severe combined immunodeficiency disease. Such screening tests shall be administered as soon after birth as is medically appropriate.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2012	19a-55(b)

Statement of Purpose:

To require pulse oximetry screening tests for newborn infants.

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