H-1920.1
HOUSE BILL 1749
State of Washington | 67th Legislature | 2022 Regular Session |
ByRepresentatives Thai, Stonier, Macri, Ryu, Dolan, Chopp, Wicks, Valdez, Pollet, Fitzgibbon, Ramel, Ortiz-Self, Davis, Slatter, Harris-Talley, and Kloba
Prefiled 01/04/22.Read first time 01/10/22.Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
AN ACT Relating to newborn screening; and adding a new section to chapter
70.83 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter
70.83 RCW to read as follows:
Within one year of the secretary of the department of health and human services adding a disorder to the federal recommended uniform screening panel, the state board of health shall consider whether or not to add the disorder to the panel of required screening tests for newborn infants.
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