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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 454, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 4 clause and inserting the following: 1 5 "DIVISION XV 1 6 UNIVERSAL NEWBORN AND INFANT HEARING SCREENING 1 7 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.131 UNIVERSAL 1 8 NEWBORN AND INFANT HEARING SCREENING. 1 9 1. For the purposes of this section, unless the 1 10 context otherwise requires: 1 11 a. "Birth center" means birth center as defined in 1 12 section 135.61. 1 13 b. "Birthing hospital" means a private or public 1 14 hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B that has a 1 15 licensed obstetric unit or is licensed to provide 1 16 obstetric services. 1 17 2. Beginning January 1, 2004, all newborns and 1 18 infants born in this state shall be screened for 1 19 hearing loss in accordance with this section. The 1 20 person required to perform the screening shall use at 1 21 least one of the following procedures: 1 22 a. Automated or diagnostic auditory brainstem 1 23 response. 1 24 b. Otoacoustic emissions. 1 25 c. Any other technology approved by the 1 26 department. 1 27 3. Beginning January 1, 2004, a birthing hospital 1 28 shall screen every newborn delivered in the hospital 1 29 for hearing loss prior to discharge of the newborn 1 30 from the birthing hospital. A birthing hospital that 1 31 transfers a newborn for acute care prior to completion 1 32 of the hearing screening shall notify the receiving 1 33 facility of the status of the hearing screening. The 1 34 receiving facility shall be responsible for completion 1 35 of the newborn hearing screening. The birthing 1 36 hospital or other facility completing the hearing 1 37 screening under this subsection shall report the 1 38 results of the screening to the parent or guardian of 1 39 the newborn and to the department in a manner 1 40 prescribed by rule of the department. 1 41 4. Beginning January 1, 2004, a birth center shall 1 42 refer the newborn to a licensed audiologist, 1 43 physician, or hospital for screening for hearing loss 1 44 prior to discharge of the newborn from the birth 1 45 center. The hearing screening shall be completed 1 46 within thirty days following discharge of the newborn. 1 47 The person completing the hearing screening shall 1 48 report the results of the screening to the parent or 1 49 guardian of the newborn and to the department in a 1 50 manner prescribed by rule of the department. 2 1 5. Beginning January 1, 2004, if a newborn is 2 2 delivered in a location other than a birthing hospital 2 3 or a birth center, the physician or other health care 2 4 professional who undertakes the pediatric care of the 2 5 newborn or infant shall ensure that the hearing 2 6 screening is performed within three months of the date 2 7 of the newborn's or infant's birth. The physician or 2 8 other health care professional shall report the 2 9 results of the hearing screening to the parent or 2 10 guardian of the newborn or infant and to the 2 11 department in a manner prescribed by rule of the 2 12 department. 2 13 6. A birthing hospital, birth center, physician, 2 14 or other health care professional required to report 2 15 information under subsection 3, 4, or 5, shall report 2 16 all of the following information 2 17 to the department relating to a newborn's or 2 18 infant's hearing screening, as applicable: 2 19 a. The name, address, and telephone number, if 2 20 available, of the mother of the newborn or infant. 2 21 b. The primary care provider at the birthing 2 22 hospital or birth center for the newborn or infant. 2 23 c. The results of the hearing screening. 2 24 d. Any rescreenings and the diagnostic 2 25 audiological assessment procedures used. 2 26 7. The department may share information with 2 27 agencies and persons involved with newborn and infant 2 28 hearing screenings, follow-up, and intervention 2 29 services, including the local birth-to-three 2 30 coordinator or similar agency, the local area 2 31 education agency, and local health care providers. 2 32 The department shall adopt rules to protect the 2 33 confidentiality of the individuals involved. 2 34 8. An area education agency with which information 2 35 is shared pursuant to subsection 7 shall report all of 2 36 the following information to the department relating 2 37 to a newborn's or infant's hearing, follow-up, and 2 38 intervention services, as applicable: 2 39 a. The name, address, and telephone number, if 2 40 available, of the mother of the newborn or infant. 2 41 b. The results of the hearing screening and any 2 42 rescreenings, including the diagnostic audiological 2 43 assessment procedures used. 2 44 c. The nature of any follow-up or other 2 45 intervention services provided to the newborn or 2 46 infant. 2 47 9. This section shall not apply if the parent 2 48 objects to the screening. If a parent objects to the 2 49 screening, the birthing hospital, birth center, 2 50 physician, or other health care professional required 3 1 to report information under subsection 3, 4, or 5 to 3 2 the department shall obtain a written refusal from the 3 3 parent, shall document the refusal in the newborn's or 3 4 infant's medical record, and shall report the refusal 3 5 to the department in the manner prescribed by rule of 3 6 the department. 3 7 10. A person who acts in good faith in complying 3 8 with this section shall not be civilly or criminally 3 9 liable for reporting the information required to be 3 10 reported by this section. 3 11 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 135B.18A UNIVERSAL NEWBORN 3 12 AND INFANT HEARING SCREENING. 3 13 Beginning January 1, 2004, a birthing hospital as 3 14 defined in section 135.131 shall comply with section 3 15 135.131 relating to universal newborn and infant 3 16 hearing screening." 3 17 HF 454S 3 18 pf/cc/26
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