Bill Title: Amends the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall provide newborns with expanded screening tests for the presence of Mucopolysaccharidosis I (Hurler disease), Mucopolysaccharidosis II (Hunters disease), and Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (SCIDS). Provides that if the Department is unable to provide expanded screening for SCIDS using the State Laboratory within 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, then the Department shall temporarily provide the screening through an accredited laboratory selected by the Department until the Department has the capacity to provide screening through the State Laboratory. Permits the Department to substitute the fee charged by the accredited laboratory, plus a 5% surcharge for documentation and handling for the fee authorized if expanded screening is provided on a temporary basis through an accredited laboratory. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0532 [SB1761 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Dale Righter [R]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	SD-055	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Heather Steans [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-007	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Arthur Wilhelmi [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-043	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Linda Holmes [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-0422	SD-042	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William Delgado [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-002	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kirk Dillard [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-024	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Maggie Crotty [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-019	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Iris Martinez [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-020	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Donne Trotter [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-017	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mattie Hunter [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5966	SD-003	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative JoAnn Osmond [R]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	HD-061	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Derrick Smith [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-010	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patricia Bellock [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-047	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jack McGuire [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-086	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mark Beaubien [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-052	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Renee Kosel [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-037	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Connelly [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-021	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jason Barickman [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-053	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Franco Coladipietro [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-045	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Unes [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-091	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Keith Sommer [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-088	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Anthony DeLuca [D]	Cosponsor	Email	217-782-1719	HD-080	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jil Tracy [R]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-2479	SD-050	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Esther Golar [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-006	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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