FORTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SESSION, 2010

February 6, 2010

Mr. Speaker:

    Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 201

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. On page 3, line 3, remove the brackets and line through "and".

     2. On page 3, line 5, strike the semicolon and insert in lieu thereof a period.

     3. On page 3, strike lines 6 through 11 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new subsection:

          "B. Upon the later of either January 1, 2011 or when the secretary finds that these screening tests are reasonably available, the department shall adopt screening tests for the detection of the following genetic diseases that shall be given to every newborn infant; except that, after being informed of the reasons for the tests, the parents or guardians of the newborn child may waive the requirements of the tests in writing. The screening tests shall include:

                (1) acid maltase deficiency or glycogen storage disease type II;

                (2) globoid cell leukodystrophy;

                (3) Gaucher's disease;

                (4) Niemann-Pick disease; and

                (5) Fabry disease.".

     4. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.

and thence referred to the HEALTH AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.,                           

                             Respectfully submitted,

Gail Chasey, Chairwoman

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

Date

The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against

Yes:      6

No:       0

Excused:  Anderson

Absent:   None

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