SF 473

1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 04/03/2013 09:03am

A bill for an act
relating to health; requiring screening of newborns for critical congenital heart
disease; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [144.1251] NEWBORN SCREENING FOR CRITICAL CONGENITAL
HEART DISEASE (CCHD).
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Required testing and reporting. new text end

new text begin Each licensed hospital or
state-licensed birthing center or facility that provides maternity and newborn care services
shall provide screening for congenital heart disease to all newborns prior to discharge
using pulse oximetry screening. The screening must occur after the infant is 24 hours old,
before discharge from the nursery. If discharge occurs before the infant is 24 hours old,
the screening must occur as close as possible to the time of discharge. Results of the
screening must be reported to the Department of Health.
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new text begin For premature infants (less than 36 weeks of gestation) and infants admitted to a
higher-level nursery (special care or intensive care), pulse oximetry must be performed
when medically appropriate prior to discharge.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Implementation. new text end

new text begin The Department of Health shall:
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new text begin (1) communicate the screening protocol requirements;
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new text begin (2) make information and forms available to the hospitals, birthing centers, and other
facilities that are required to provide the screening, health care providers who provide
prenatal care and care to newborns, and expectant parents and parents of newborns. The
information and forms must include screening protocol and reporting requirements and
parental options;
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new text begin (3) provide training to ensure compliance with and appropriate implementation of
the screening;
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new text begin (4) establish the mechanism for the required data collection and reporting of
screening and follow-up diagnostic results to the Department of Health according to the
Department of Health's recommendations;
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new text begin (5) coordinate the implementation of universal standardized screening;
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new text begin (6) act as a resource for providers as the screening program is implemented, and in
consultation with the Advisory Committee on Heritable and Congenital Disorders, develop
and implement policies for early medical and developmental intervention services and
long-term follow-up services for children and their families identified with a CCHD; and
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new text begin (7) comply with sections 144.125 to 144.128.
new text end