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Committee advances bill requiring vitamin K administration with opt-out after counseling
Summary
SB 170 would require providers to offer newborn vitamin K within 24 hours and create an opt-out process that must follow a full, clear explanation from the provider; pediatricians and physician organizations testified in strong support while a committee member requested tightening of draft language.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Jan. 28 voted to advance SB 170, a bill meant to ensure parents receive standardized information before declining a newborn vitamin K injection.
Sponsor Senator Plumb told the committee the measure is intended as an educational safeguard, not a punitive rule. "This bill...has a requirement that a healthcare provider or midwife administer vitamin K within 24 hours to an infant. But if parents don't want to, there is an opt-out process and they can sign that they don't…
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