Bill Text: MN SF473 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Newborn critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening requirement
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-02 - Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Finance [SF473 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF473-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to health; requiring screening of newborns for critical congenital heart
1.3disease;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [144.1251] NEWBORN SCREENING FOR CRITICAL CONGENITAL
1.6HEART DISEASE (CCHD).
1.7 Subdivision 1. Required testing and reporting. Each licensed hospital or
1.8state-licensed birthing center or facility that provides maternity and newborn care services
1.9shall provide screening for congenital heart disease to all newborns prior to discharge
1.10using pulse oximetry screening. The screening must occur after the infant is 24 hours old,
1.11before discharge from the nursery. If discharge occurs before the infant is 24 hours old,
1.12the screening must occur as close as possible to the time of discharge. Results of the
1.13screening must be reported to the Department of Health.
1.14For premature infants (less than 36 weeks of gestation) and infants admitted to a
1.15higher-level nursery (special care or intensive care), pulse oximetry must be performed
1.16when medically appropriate prior to discharge.
1.17 Subd. 2. Implementation. The Department of Health shall:
1.18(1) communicate the screening protocol requirements;
1.19(2) make information and forms available to the hospitals, birthing centers, and other
1.20facilities that are required to provide the screening, health care providers who provide
1.21prenatal care and care to newborns, and expectant parents and parents of newborns. The
1.22information and forms must include screening protocol and reporting requirements and
1.23parental options;
2.1(3) provide training to ensure compliance with and appropriate implementation of
2.2the screening;
2.3(4) establish the mechanism for the required data collection and reporting of
2.4screening and follow-up diagnostic results to the Department of Health according to the
2.5Department of Health's recommendations;
2.6(5) coordinate the implementation of universal standardized screening;
2.7(6) act as a resource for providers as the screening program is implemented, and in
2.8consultation with the Advisory Committee on Heritable and Congenital Disorders, develop
2.9and implement policies for early medical and developmental intervention services and
2.10long-term follow-up services for children and their families identified with a CCHD; and
2.11(7) comply with sections 144.125 to 144.128.
1.3disease;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [144.1251] NEWBORN SCREENING FOR CRITICAL CONGENITAL
1.6HEART DISEASE (CCHD).
1.7 Subdivision 1. Required testing and reporting. Each licensed hospital or
1.8state-licensed birthing center or facility that provides maternity and newborn care services
1.9shall provide screening for congenital heart disease to all newborns prior to discharge
1.10using pulse oximetry screening. The screening must occur after the infant is 24 hours old,
1.11before discharge from the nursery. If discharge occurs before the infant is 24 hours old,
1.12the screening must occur as close as possible to the time of discharge. Results of the
1.13screening must be reported to the Department of Health.
1.14For premature infants (less than 36 weeks of gestation) and infants admitted to a
1.15higher-level nursery (special care or intensive care), pulse oximetry must be performed
1.16when medically appropriate prior to discharge.
1.17 Subd. 2. Implementation. The Department of Health shall:
1.18(1) communicate the screening protocol requirements;
1.19(2) make information and forms available to the hospitals, birthing centers, and other
1.20facilities that are required to provide the screening, health care providers who provide
1.21prenatal care and care to newborns, and expectant parents and parents of newborns. The
1.22information and forms must include screening protocol and reporting requirements and
1.23parental options;
2.1(3) provide training to ensure compliance with and appropriate implementation of
2.2the screening;
2.3(4) establish the mechanism for the required data collection and reporting of
2.4screening and follow-up diagnostic results to the Department of Health according to the
2.5Department of Health's recommendations;
2.6(5) coordinate the implementation of universal standardized screening;
2.7(6) act as a resource for providers as the screening program is implemented, and in
2.8consultation with the Advisory Committee on Heritable and Congenital Disorders, develop
2.9and implement policies for early medical and developmental intervention services and
2.10long-term follow-up services for children and their families identified with a CCHD; and
2.11(7) comply with sections 144.125 to 144.128.
