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Committee advances bill moving newborn screening and ocular antibiotic prophylaxis from rules to statute
Summary
The House Health and Welfare Committee sent Senate Bill 1014 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after presenters and the Department of Health and Welfare said the change moves long-standing screening requirements from administrative rules into statute while preserving parental refusal rights.
The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1014 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after debate over moving newborn-screening rules into statute. Representative Healy, District 15, West Boise, carried the bill in committee and told members it "doesn't change anything" about parents' rights to decline newborn screening.
Healy said the bill moves longstanding screening practices into statute: "This has been around for 100 years." He added…
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