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Committee advances bill to expand newborn screening exemptions
Summary
RS 33419 would allow parents or guardians to claim exemptions from newborn screening for religious, philosophical, or conscientious reasons while retaining a medical exemption certified by a licensed physician. The committee voted to send the bill to print.
Senator Blaylock presented RS 33419, which would expand the categories of allowable exemptions to newborn screening so that a parent or guardian could claim an exemption for a child based on religious, philosophical, or conscientious beliefs while preserving the existing medical exemption pathway certified by a licensed physician.
The committee recorded no extended debate on the policy questions during this meeting. Senator Shippy moved to send RS 33419 to print; Senator Zuiderveld seconded and the motion carried by voice vote. The printed bill will be available for a full hearing where proponents and opponents can present testimony.
