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Committee advances bill to add pregnancy syphilis and hepatitis C screening; one dissent
Summary
House Bill 0111 would require an additional syphilis screening in late pregnancy and add hepatitis C testing at the first prenatal test; the Population Health Committee advanced the bill 6-1 after Department of Health testimony about rising congenital syphilis.
House Bill 0111, sponsored by Representative Martin, advanced from the Population Health Committee by a 6-1 vote after the Department of Health explained the public-health rationale for the changes.
Representative Martin said a constituent and public-health data prompted the bill. He said Tennessee reported a 548 percent increase in congenital syphilis cases between 2019 and 2023 and that, for babies born with congenital syphilis in…
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