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House Bill 1671 |
House Author: Crownover et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Nelson |
House Bill 1671 amends the Health and Safety Code to authorize the Department of State Health Services to enter into a mutual aid agreement to provide newborn screening laboratory services to another state and to receive newborn screening laboratory services from another state in the event of an unexpected interruption of service, including an interruption caused by a disaster. The bill requires each agreement to include provisions relating to confidentiality and the return of specimens and records to the state that received screening services.