Bill > A1937

Introduced Session

Current law requires DOH to make information on Down syndrome available on its website to any person who renders prenatal care, postnatal care, or genetic counseling of parents who receive a prenatal or postnatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. This bill, which would be known as "Levi's Law," amends P.L.2015, c.173 (C.26:2-194 et seq.) to expand the information that DOH is required to make available on its website to include spina bifida, and to make the information available to any person who renders prenatal care, postnatal care, or genetic counseling of parents who receive a prenatal or postnatal diagnosis of spina bifida. Under current law, DOH: may make information on Down syndrome available to any other person who has received a positive test result for Down syndrome; is authorized to revise the information as new information on Down Syndrome becomes available; and is required to provide the information in English and Spanish, and in a manner that is easily understandable for a woman or the family of a child receiving a postnatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Under the provisions of the bill, DOH would be: allowed to make information on spina bifida to any other person who has received a positive test result from a spina bifida blood test; authorized to revise this information as new information about spina bifida becomes available; and required to provide the information in English and Spanish, and in a manner that is easily understandable for a woman or the family of a child receiving a postnatal diagnosis of spina bifida.

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Aura Dunn (R)*,  Carol Murphy (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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