1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring revision of the list of tests to be administered for 
1.3 	determining the presence of a heritable or congenital disorder;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2024, section 144.125, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.125, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Determination of tests to be administered. (a) The commissioner shall 
1.8 	periodically revise the list of tests to be administered for determining the presence of a 
1.9 	heritable or congenital disorder. Revisions to the list shall reflect advances in medical 
1.10 	science, new and improved testing methods, or other factors that will improve the public 
1.11 	health. In determining whether a test must be administered, the commissioner shall take 
1.12 	into consideration the adequacy of analytical methods to detect the heritable or congenital 
1.13 	disorder, the ability to treat or prevent medical conditions caused by the heritable or 
1.14 	congenital disorder, and the severity of the medical conditions caused by the heritable or 
1.15 	congenital disorder. The list of tests to be performed may be revised if the changes are 
1.16 	recommended by the advisory committee established under section 144.1255, approved by 
1.17 	the commissioner, and published in the State Register. The revision is exempt from the 
1.18 	rulemaking requirements in chapter 14, and sections 14.385 and 14.386 do not apply.
1.19 	(b) The commissioner shall revise the list of tests to be administered for determining 
1.20 	the presence of a heritable or congenital disorder to include metachromatic leukodystrophy 
1.21 	(MLD).