Bill Text: IA SSB3095 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to newborn metabolic screening to include all disorders listed on the recommended uniform screening panel recommended by the United States department of health and human services.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2018-02-06 - Subcommittee Meeting: 02/06/2018 1:30PM RM 319.4 (Crow's Nest) (Cancelled) [SSB3095 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SSB3095-Introduced.html
Senate Study Bill 3095 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SEGEBART) A BILL FOR An Act relating to newborn metabolic screening to include all 1 disorders listed on the recommended uniform screening panel 2 recommended by the United States department of health and 3 human services. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5504XC (3) 87 pf/rh
S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 136A.5, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. All newborns born in this state shall be screened for 3 congenital and inherited disorders in accordance with rules 4 adopted by the department. The rules adopted shall provide 5 for screening, at a minimum, for all core conditions listed 6 on the recommended uniform screening panel recommended by 7 the secretary of the United States department of health and 8 human services advisory committee on heritable disorders in 9 newborns and children. The department shall expand the newborn 10 metabolic screening panel to include, no later than January 1, 11 2019, Mucopolysaccharidosis type 1, Glycogen storage disease 12 type II (Pompe), X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy, and any other 13 lysosomal storage disorder listed on the recommended uniform 14 screening panel as of July 1, 2018. 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 This bill directs the department of public health to adopt 19 rules to include in the newborn metabolic screening, at a 20 minimum, all core conditions listed on the recommended uniform 21 screening panel (RUSP) recommended by the secretary of the 22 United States department of health and human services advisory 23 committee on heritable disorders in newborns and children 24 (SACHDNC). The bill also directs the department specifically, 25 not later than January 1, 2019, to expand the newborn 26 metabolic screening panel to include Mucopolysaccharidosis 27 type 1, Glycogen storage disease type II (Pompe), X-linked 28 Adrenoleukodystrophy, and any other lysosomal storage disorder 29 listed on the RUSP as of July 1, 2018. The RUSP currently 30 includes 34 core conditions and 26 secondary conditions for 31 which the SACHDNC recommends every newborn should be screened. 32 Iowa currently screens for 31 of the 34 core conditions listed 33 on the RUSP. 34 -1- LSB 5504XC (3) 87 pf/rh 1/ 1
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