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.