THE HALEY HAYES NEWBORN SCREENING BILL.

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 270 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 7, 2017
AN ACT DIRECTING THE COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH TO ADOPT RULES TO ADD A SCREENING TEST FOR POMPE DISEASE, MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS TYPE I (MPS I), AND X-LINKED ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY (X-ALD) TO THE NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM; INCREASING THE FEE FOR NEWBORN SCREENING TESTS; 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.
Intro. by Lambeth, Adcock, Murphy, White.
Status: Serial Referral To Appropriations Stricken (House Action) (Jun 22 2017)

Bill History:

H 270

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 270 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Mar 7 2017 - View Summary

    Identical to S 190, filed 3/6/17.

    Contains whereas clauses.

    Amends GS 130A-125 to raise the State Laboratory of Public Health test fee pursuant to this statute from $44 to $55. Directs the Commission for Public Health to amend the rules to implement the Newborn Screening Program to add to the newborn screening panel a screening test for Pompe disease, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I, and X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy.

    Appropriates $2.7 million for 2017-18 from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, for the purchase of laboratory instrumentation and upgrades to the existing North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health Laboratory Information System.

    Effective July 1, 2017, and applies to laboratory tests conducted on and after July 1, 2017.

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