Bill Text: IL HB3848 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Public Health shall provide all newborns with screening tests for rare blood disorders, as determined by the Department. Requires the Department to adopt rules.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3848 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3848-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3848 Introduced , by Rep. Matt Hanson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 240/3.7 new
Amends the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Public Health shall provide all newborns with screening tests for rare blood disorders, as determined by the Department. Requires the Department to adopt rules.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Newborn Metabolic Screening Act is amended
by adding Section 3.7 as follows:
(410 ILCS 240/3.7 new)
Sec. 3.7. Rare blood disorders. Subject to appropriation,
the Department shall provide all newborns with screening tests
for rare blood disorders, as determined by the Department. The
Department shall adopt rules implementing this Section.