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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an annual report regarding certain newborn screening |
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tests. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 33, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 33.020 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.020. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) For each newborn screening |
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test that screens for a disorder included in the list of core |
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conditions described by Section 33.011(a-1) that is not required by |
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the department, the department shall, not later than September 1 of |
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each year, prepare and submit a written report to the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, |
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and each standing committee of the legislature having primary |
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jurisdiction over the department. The written report must: |
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(1) identify any additional program capacity or |
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resources the department would need to: |
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(A) implement the additional newborn screening |
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test; and |
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(B) require each newborn in the state to receive |
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the additional newborn screening test; and |
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(2) summarize the plan for implementing and requiring |
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the additional newborn screening test, including by identifying: |
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(A) any potential barriers to implementation; |
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and |
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(B) the anticipated implementation date. |
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(b) As part of the plan described by Subsection (a)(2), the |
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report must include information on whether the department is |
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capable of implementing the required additional newborn screening |
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test within a 24-month period. |
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SECTION 2. Section 33.054, Health and Safety Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |