§18–508.

    (a)    The Department, in consultation with the Statewide Steering Committee on Sickle Cell Disease, shall establish and implement a system of providing information on the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait to:

        (1)    An individual who has the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait, including as determined through a newborn screening under § 18–502 of this subtitle; and

        (2)    If the individual is a minor, the individual’s family.

    (b)    The Department shall include the following in the information provided under subsection (a) of this section:

        (1)    How the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait impacts the health of an individual with the trait; and

        (2)    How the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait is passed from a parent to a child.