House Journal: Page 1326: Thursday, April 24, 2003
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The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
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SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED
Upmeyer of Hancock called up for consideration House File 454, a
bill for an act relating to mandatory universal newborn and infant
hearing screening, amended by the Senate, and moved that the
House concur in the following Senate amendment H-1380:
H-1380
1 Amend House File 454, as amended, passed, and
2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
3 1. By striking everything after the enacting
4 clause and inserting the following:
5 "DIVISION XV
6 UNIVERSAL NEWBORN AND INFANT HEARING SCREENING
7 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.131 UNIVERSAL
8 NEWBORN AND INFANT HEARING SCREENING.
9 1. For the purposes of this section, unless the
10 context otherwise requires:
11 a. "Birth center" means birth center as defined in
12 section 135.61.
13 b. "Birthing hospital" means a private or public
14 hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B that has a
15 licensed obstetric unit or is licensed to provide
16 obstetric services.
17 2. Beginning January 1, 2004, all newborns and
18 infants born in this state shall be screened for
19 hearing loss in accordance with this section. The
20 person required to perform the screening shall use at
21 least one of the following procedures:
22 a. Automated or diagnostic auditory brainstem
23 response.
24 b. Otoacoustic emissions.
25 c. Any other technology approved by the
26 department.
27 3. Beginning January 1, 2004, a birthing hospital
28 shall screen every newborn delivered in the hospital
29 for hearing loss prior to discharge of the newborn
30 from the birthing hospital. a birthing hospital that
31 transfers a newborn for acute care prior to completion
32 of the hearing screening shall notify the receiving
33 facility of the status of the hearing screening. The
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