Bill Summary for H 698 (2015-2016)

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Sep 21 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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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).