Bill Text: TX SB1697 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1697

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to an annual report regarding certain newborn screening tests.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1697 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1697-Introduced.html

	88R8491 EAS-F

	By: Blanco	S.B. No. 1697



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	repealed.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