2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                            A AB250 132

Amendment No. 132

 

 

 

     Amend section 1, page 1, line 2, by deleting “17,” and inserting “11,”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 1, line 3, by deleting “17,” and inserting “11,”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 1, lines 4 and 5, by deleting:

“3 to 8, inclusive,” and inserting:

“3, 4 and 5”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 3 and renumbering sections 4 and 5 as sections 3 and 4.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 6 and 7 and renumbering sections 8 through 13 as sections 5 through 10.

     Amend sec. 8, page 2, line 14, by deleting “and infants”.

     Amend sec. 8, page 2, line 15, by deleting “17,” and inserting “11,”.

     Amend sec. 9, page 2, by deleting lines 20 through 23 and inserting:

     “Sec. 6.  1.  Except as otherwise provided in section 8 of this act, a licensed hospital in this state that provides services for maternity care and the care of newborn children and a licensed obstetric center in this state shall not discharge a newborn child who was born in the facility until the newborn child has undergone a hearing screening for the”.

     Amend sec. 9, page 2, by deleting lines 26 through 35.

     Amend sec. 9, page 2, line 37, by deleting “17,” and inserting “11,”.

     Amend sec. 10, page 2, line 39, by deleting “9” and inserting “6”.

     Amend sec. 10, page 2, by deleting lines 41 and 42 and inserting:

     “2.  A licensed hospital and a licensed obstetric center shall hire,”.

     Amend sec. 10, page 2, by deleting line 46 and inserting:

“in accordance with sections 2 to 11, inclusive, of this act;”.

     Amend sec. 10, page 3, line 5, by deleting:

“child or an infant,” and inserting “child,”.

     Amend sec. 10, page 3, by deleting lines 8 through 10 and inserting:

“child.

     4.  A licensed hospital and a licensed obstetric center shall annually prepare and submit to the health division a written report concerning hearing screenings of newborn children in accordance with regulations adopted by the state board of health. The report must include, without limitation, the number of newborn children screened and the results of the screenings.

     5.  The health division shall annually prepare and submit to the”.

     Amend sec. 10, page 3, lines 11 and 12, by deleting:

“children and infants.” and inserting “children.”.

     Amend sec. 10, page 3, by deleting lines 14 and 15 and inserting:

“newborn children and any other related information submitted in accordance with the regulations of the state board of health;”.

     Amend sec. 10, page 3, line 17, by deleting “17,” and inserting “11,”.

     Amend sec. 10, page 3, by deleting line 18 and inserting “children; and”.

     Amend sec. 11, page 3, by deleting lines 20 and 21 and inserting:

     “Sec. 8.  A newborn child may be discharged from the licensed hospital or obstetric center in which he was born without having undergone a required hearing”.

     Amend sec. 11, page 3, by deleting lines 26 through 35 and inserting:

“medical file of the newborn child.”.

     Amend sec. 12, page 3, by deleting lines 36 through 38 and inserting:

     “Sec. 9.  If a hearing screening conducted pursuant to section 6 of this act indicates that a newborn child may have a hearing loss, the physician attending to the newborn child shall recommend to the parent or legal guardian of the newborn child that the newborn child receive an in-depth hearing diagnostic evaluation.”.

     Amend sec. 13, page 3, by deleting lines 39 through 48 and inserting:

     “Sec. 10.  A licensed hospital and a licensed obstetric center shall formally designate a lead physician or audiologist to be responsible for:

     1.  The administration of the program for conducting hearing screenings of newborn children; and

     2.  Monitoring the scoring and interpretation of the test results of the hearing screenings.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 14 and renumbering sec. 15 as sec. 11.

     Amend sec. 15, page 4, by deleting lines 6 through 14 and inserting:
     “Sec. 11.  1. The health division shall create written brochures that use terms which are easily understandable to a parent or legal guardian of a newborn child and include, without limitation:

     (a) Information concerning the importance of screening the hearing of a newborn child; and

     (b) A description of the normal development of auditory processes, speech and language in children.

     2.  The health division shall provide the brochures created pursuant to subsection 1 to each licensed hospital and each licensed obstetric center in this state. These facilities shall provide the brochures to the parents or legal guardians of a newborn child.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 16 through 26 and renumbering sections 27 through 29 as sections 12 through 14.

     Amend sec. 29, page 9, line 25, by deleting “28, inclusive,” and inserting:

“13, inclusive, of this act”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to health care; requiring hearing screenings for newborn children unless objected to in writing by the parent or legal guardian of the newborn child; establishing the duties of hospitals and obstetric centers concerning the provision of hearing screenings; requiring the state board of health to adopt certain regulations; requiring the health division of the department of human resources to create brochures concerning hearing screenings of newborn children for distribution to the parents and legal guardians of newborn children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY―Requires screening of certain newborn children for hearing impairments. (BDR 40‑155)”.