Bill > HSB690

This Study Bill establishes a "Congenital and Inherited Disorders Advisory Committee" to advise the state's center for congenital and inherited disorders and the department on newborn screening programs, with members appointed by the director and including parent representatives. The committee will help decide which conditions are included in newborn screening and evaluate its effectiveness, with a specific process for adding new conditions: the committee must consider conditions added to the federal recommended uniform screening panel within twelve months and recommend their inclusion to the department, which then has eighteen months to implement the screening if capacity and resources are available. The bill also mandates annual status reports from the department to the general assembly detailing current and considered screening conditions, reasons for not recommending certain conditions, resource needs, and any delays in the committee's or department's processes. Additionally, the bill amends existing law to broaden the scope of newborn screening from just "metabolic" disorders to "congenital and inherited disorders" and clarifies that critical congenital heart disease screening results should be reported similarly to newborn screening results, subject to funding availability.