The Florida Senate

SB 1980: Screening for Infants' Hearing

GENERAL BILL by Myers

Screening for Infants' Hearing; provides for universal screening of hearing of newborns; requires hospitals, birthing centers, & health care providers at home births to refer newborns to licensed audiologists for screening; requires hearing screening & followup to be procedures covered by health insurance, by HMOs, & by Medicaid; requires followup referral of hearing-impaired infants to Children's Medical Services Early Intervention Program, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  3/3/1998	Senate	• Filed
  3/18/1998	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Health Care; Ways and Means -SJ 00188
  5/1/1998	Senate	• Died in Committee on Health Care

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• SB 1980, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/7/1998 at 2:54 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

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