Bill Summary for H 270 (2017-2018)
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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.
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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.