Bill Summary for H 698 (2015-2016)

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Apr 15 2015

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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.

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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.