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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 698 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 14, 2015
AN ACT DIRECTING THE COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH TO ADOPT RULES TO ADD A SCREENING TEST FOR SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY AND OTHER T‑CELL LYMPHOPENIAS TO THE NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM.
Intro. by Jeter, Lambeth.
Status: Ch. SL 2015-272 (House Action) (Oct 19 2015)

SOG comments (1):

Change Long Title

Submitted by Donna.Clark@ncl... on

Senate committee substitute to 2nd edition changed long title. Long title was AN ACT INCREASING THE FEE FOR LABORATORY TESTS PERFORMED BY THE STATE LABORATORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH UNDER THE NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM; ADDING A SCREENING TEST FOR SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY TO THE NEWBORN SCREENING PANEL; AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, TO PURCHASE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AND UPGRADES AT THE STATE LABORATORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR NEWBORN SCREENING AND ALL OTHER LABORATORY OPERATIONS.

Bill History:

H 698/S.L. 2015-272

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 698 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Oct 26 2015 - View Summary

    AN ACT DIRECTING THE COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH TO ADOPT RULES TO ADD A SCREENING TEST FOR SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY AND OTHER T‑CELL LYMPHOPENIAS TO THE NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM. Enacted October 19, 2015. Effective October 19, 2015.

    Health and Human Services, Health, Public Health
    UNCODIFIED
  • Bill H 698 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Sep 21 2015 - View Summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

    Amends the long title.

    Deletes changes made to GS 130A-125(c) which increased the fee to $24 (was, $19) for laboratory tests performed by the State Laboratory of Public Health under the Newborn Screening Program (NSP).

    Also deletes provisions that appropriated $466,132 for the 2015-16 fiscal year from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, for purchasing laboratory instrumentation and upgrades to the existing North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health Laboratory Information System. 

    Amends the effective date clause to provide that all the provisions of the act are effective when the act becomes law (previously, effective July 1, 2015). 

    Health and Human Services, Health, Public Health
    UNCODIFIED
  • Bill H 698 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: May 27 2015 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

    Makes a technical correction in Section 2 of the bill.

    Government, State Agencies, Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services, Health, Public Health
    APPROP, GS 130B
  • Bill H 698 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Apr 15 2015 - View Summary

    Includes a series of "whereas" clauses setting out public health and policy reasons for this act regarding the Newborn Screening Program and the addition of a screening test for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) to the newborn screening panel.

    Amends GS 130A-125(c) to increase the fee to $24 (was, $19) for laboratory tests performed by the State Laboratory of Public Health under the Newborn Screening Program (NSP).

    Directs the Commission for Public Health to add a screening test for SCID and other T-Cell lymphopenias detectable as a result of SCID to the newborn screening panel.

    Appropriates $466,132 for the 2015-16 fiscal year from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health. Requires the funds be used to purchase laboratory instrumentation and upgrades to the existing North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health Laboratory Information System.

    Effective July 1, 2015.

    Government, State Agencies, Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services, Health, Public Health
    APPROP, GS 130A
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