Bill Title: Amends the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to provide all newborns and infants within 12 months of birth with screening tests for the presence of spinal muscular atrophy. Provides that the testing shall begin within 12 months of the occurrence of specified events. Provides that the Department is authorized to implement an additional fee for the screening prior to beginning the testing in order to accumulate the resources for start-up and other costs associated with implementation of the screening and thereafter to support the costs associated with screening and follow-up programs for spinal muscular atrophy.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4142 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Mark Batinick [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-097	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Swanson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-071	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Natalie Phelps Finnie [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-118	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Silvana Tabares [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Zalewski [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-023	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patricia Bellock [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Charles Meier [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-109	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Norine Hammond [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-094	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Nicholas Sauer [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Anna Moeller [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jaime Andrade [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Frances Hurley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-035	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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