Bill Text: CT SB00059 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Newborn Screening Tests For Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-13 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [SB00059 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00059-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 59
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 645
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist. (By Request)

AN ACT CONCERNING NEWBORN SCREENING TESTS FOR GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY.

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

That section 19a-55 of the general statutes be amended to require a screening test for globoid cell leukodystrophy be administered to all newborn infants.

Statement of Purpose:

To require newborn screening tests for globoid cell leukodystrophy, which is also known as "Krabbe disease".