Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1487

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 16-41-17-2.

Synopsis: Newborn screening. Expands the newborn screening program, which requires infants to be examined for certain disorders, to include inborn metabolic disorders designated in the state board of health that result in significant illness or death. (Current law allows the department to designate inborn errors of metabolism that result in mental retardation.)

Effective: July 1, 2001.





Goeglein, Welch, Day, Budak




    January 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.







Introduced

First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1487



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 16-41-17-2; (01)IN1487.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 16-41-17-2 , AS AMENDED BY P.L.91-1999, SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 2. (a) Subject to subsection (c), every infant shall be given examinations at the earliest feasible time for the detection of the following disorders:
        (1) Phenylketonuria.
        (2) Hypothyroidism.
        (3) Hemoglobinopathies, including sickle cell anemia.
        (4) Galactosemia.
        (5) Maple Syrup urine disease.
        (6) Homocystinuria.
        (7) Inborn errors of metabolism that result in significant medical illness, death, or mental retardation and that are designated by the state department.
    (b) Subject to subsection (c), every infant shall be given a physiologic hearing screening examination at the earliest feasible time for the detection of hearing impairments.
    (c) If a parent of an infant objects in writing, for reasons pertaining to religious beliefs only, the infant is exempt from the examinations required by this chapter.