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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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