Bill Text: TX SB1667 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to newborn screening.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-26 - Left pending in committee [SB1667 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1667-Introduced.html
88R16232 TYPED | ||
By: Parker | S.B. No. 1667 |
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relating to newborn screening. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 33.00211 to read as follows: | ||
33.00211. DUCHENE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. Notwithstanding any | ||
provision of this chapter, the department shall include Duchenne | ||
muscular dystrophy in the detection and treatment program | ||
established under this chapter, in the screening for heritable | ||
diseases conducted under Subchapter B, and in the newborn screening | ||
services provided under Subchapter C. | ||
SECTION 12. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall | ||
implement Section 33.00211, Health and Safety Code. | ||
SECTION 13. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |