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78R5142 JHS-D

By:  Crownover                                                    H.R. No. 243



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Denton Community Hospital has been awarded 
distinguished certification by the Texas Department of Health in 
recognition of the facility's newborn hearing screening program; 
and
	WHEREAS, Developed in response to the 76th Legislature's 
House Bill 714, which mandated universal testing of newborns for 
hearing abnormalities, the hospital's newborn hearing screening 
program helps to identify hearing loss conditions early in 
children's lives, thereby preventing lifelong speech, language, 
and cognitive development impediments; and
	WHEREAS, To be considered for distinguished certification, 
hospitals must meet specific standards: all parents of newborns 
must be offered a newborn hearing screen during the birth admission 
and given the results of the screen, 98 percent of newborns must be 
screened during birth admission, 95 percent of newborns must pass 
the screening, and all abnormal screening results must be reported 
to the newborn's attending physician or health care provider and to 
the Texas Department of Health; and
	WHEREAS, The implementation of newborn hearing screening 
programs has had positive results throughout the State of Texas and 
has benefited children and parents alike through the early 
detection of hearing problems in infants; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the doctors, nurses, administrators, and 
other personnel at Denton Community Hospital be commended for 
exceeding the standards established by the Texas Department of 
Health and that they be congratulated on being awarded 
distinguished certification; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Denton Community Hospital as an expression of high 
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.