Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (304450) for SB 292
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/09/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Polsky) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 96 - 129
    4  and insert:
    5  audiologist, a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter
    6  459, or a hospital, or another other newborn hearing screening
    7  provider, for screening for the detection of hearing loss, to
    8  prevent the consequences of unidentified disorders. The referral
    9  for appointment must shall be made within 7 30 days after
   10  discharge. Written documentation of the referral must be placed
   11  in the newborn’s medical chart.
   12         (c) If the parent or legal guardian of the newborn objects
   13  to the screening, the screening must not be completed. In such
   14  case, the physician, midwife, or other person who is attending
   15  the newborn shall maintain a record that the screening has not
   16  been performed and attach a written objection that must be
   17  signed by the parent or guardian.
   18         (d) For home births, the health care provider in attendance
   19  is responsible for coordination and referral to an a licensed
   20  audiologist, a hospital, or another other newborn hearing
   21  screening provider. The health care provider in attendance must
   22  make the referral for appointment shall be made within 7 30 days
   23  after the birth. In cases in which the home birth is not
   24  attended by a primary health care provider, the newborn’s
   25  primary health care provider is responsible for coordinating the
   26  a referral to a licensed audiologist, physician licensed
   27  pursuant to chapter 458 or chapter 459, hospital, or other
   28  newborn hearing screening provider must be made by the health
   29  care provider within the first 3 months after the child’s birth.
   30         (e) For home births and births in a licensed birth center,
   31  if a newborn is referred to a newborn hearing screening provider
   32  and the newborn fails the screening for the detection of hearing
   33  loss, the newborn’s primary health care provider must refer the
   34  newborn for administration of a test approved by the United
   35  States Food and Drug Administration or another diagnostically
   36  equivalent test on the newborn to screen for congenital
   37  cytomegalovirus.
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   39  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   40  And the title is amended as follows:
   41         Delete lines 9 - 15
   42  and insert:
   43         referrals; providing that a newborn’s primary health
   44         care provider is responsible for coordinating such
   45         referrals under certain circumstances; requiring a
   46         newborn’s primary health care provider to refer the
   47         newborn for testing for congenital cytomegalovirus
   48         under certain circumstances; revising the timeframe
   49         within which