Bill Text: TX SB793 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to newborn hearing screening.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB793 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB793-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 793 |
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relating to newborn hearing screening. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 47.003, Health and | ||
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A birthing facility, through a program certified by the | ||
department under Section 47.004, shall perform, either directly or | ||
through a referral to another program certified under that section | ||
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hearing loss on each newborn or infant born at the facility before | ||
the newborn or infant is discharged from the facility unless: | ||
(1) the parent declines the screening; | ||
(2) the newborn or infant is transferred to another | ||
facility before the screening is performed; [ |
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(3) the screening has previously been completed; or | ||
(4) the newborn was discharged from the birthing | ||
facility not more than 10 hours after birth and a referral for the | ||
newborn was made to a program certified under Section 47.004 at | ||
another birthing facility or operated by a physician or other | ||
health care provider. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 793 passed the Senate on | ||
April 11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 793 passed the House on | ||
May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |