Bill Title: Amends the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall provide all newborns with a screening test for guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency using a method that determines the presence or absence of the deficiency, beginning on the earlier of July 1, 2021 or within 6 months following the occurrence of specified milestones. Authorizes the Department to adopt emergency rules to implement the amendatory Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Makes a conforming change.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB0595 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Stephanie Kifowit [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-084	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Patricia Van Pelt [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-005	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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