File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request -
Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled:
-
Hereditary and Congenital Disorders - Newborn Screening
Establishing in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene a
specified system for screening newborn infants for hereditary and
congenital disorders; establishing the Department's public health
laboratory as the sole laboratory authorized to perform the screening
tests; requiring the Department to establish protocols for obtaining
specimens for testing; requiring the Department to determine screening
tests to be performed; requiring the Department to conduct a study and
submit a report by December 1, 2008; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/23
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Hearing 2/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/26
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 2/27
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Special Order 2/28 (Delegate Shank) Adopted
- 2/28
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Haddaway)
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Haddaway) Rejected (32-103)
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Shank) Rejected (34-101)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/4
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Ross) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (109-27)
- 4/4
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (112-24)
- Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
- 3/5
- First Reading Finance
- 3/18
- Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order 4/7 (Senator Greenip) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order later today (Senator Exum) Adopted
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (36-10)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/24
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 256
Sponsored by:
- Health and Government Operations Committee, Chair
- Departmental
- Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
- Fees -see also- Devt Fees and Taxes; Reimbursement Rates
- Health -see also- Mental Health
- Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
- Laboratories
- Licenses -see also- Alcoholic Bev Lic; Drivers` Licenses
- Minors -see also- Age of Majority; Youth
- Pregnancy
- Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records
- Reports
- Rules and Regulations
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
13-111 ,
13-112
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
- Number: 283626/01 Offered on: February 28, 2008 at:
10:30 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 553325/01 Offered on: February 28, 2008 at:
10:11 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 766681/01 Offered on: February 27, 2008 at:
10:27 a.m. Status: Adopted
Senate
- Number: 657377/01 Offered on: April 7, 2008 at:
4:44 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- February 28, 2008: Floor Amendment (Haddaway) Rejected (32-103)
- February 28, 2008: Floor Amendment (Shank) {283626/1 Rejected (34-101)
- March 4, 2008: Third Reading Passed (109-27)
- April 4, 2008: Third Reading Passed (112-24)
Senate
- April 4, 2008: Third Reading Passed (36-10)