House Bill hb0817

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 817

        By Representative Sobel






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to newborn infant screening;

  3         authorizing formation of a study group under

  4         Children's Medical Services of the Department

  5         of Health; providing purpose; providing

  6         membership; requiring recommendations and a

  7         plan for expanding newborn infant screening

  8         requirements; requiring a report to the

  9         Legislature; providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Children's Medical Services of the

14  Department of Health is authorized to convene a study group

15  for the purpose of conducting comparative research regarding

16  the expanded infant screening programs currently operating in

17  other states and the use of tandem mass spectrometry in such

18  programs. The study group shall consist of members of the

19  Genetics and Infant Screening Advisory Council designated by

20  the Secretary of Health and shall operate under the auspices

21  of Children's Medical Services. Based on data available from

22  the states operating expanded infant screening programs, the

23  study group shall make recommendations regarding the expansion

24  of the newborn infant screening requirements provided in s.

25  383.14, Florida Statutes, and shall develop an expanded

26  newborn infant screening plan tailored to the needs of

27  Florida's population. The study group's research shall be

28  completed by August 1, 2002, and its recommendations and plan

29  shall be submitted to the Legislature by September 1, 2002.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

31  law.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 817

    710-132-02






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      Authorizes formation of a study group under Children's
  4    Medical Services of the Department of Health, made up of
      members of the Genetics and Infant Screening Advisory
  5    Council designated by the Secretary of Health, to
      research expanded newborn infant screening programs
  6    currently operating in other states. Requires the study
      group to complete its research by August 1, 2002, and
  7    submit a report to the Legislature, with recommendations
      and a plan for expanding newborn infant screening
  8    requirements in Florida, by September 1, 2002.

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