Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to newborn screening for tongue tie and lip tie
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 22, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to newborn screening for tongue tie and lip tie. The bill requires a birthing hospital, birth center, or other facility to screen every newborn delivered in the birthing hospital or birth center, or transferred to another facility prior to completion of the screening, for tongue tie and lip tie prior to discharge of the newborn from the birthing hospital, birth center, or other facility. The birthing hospital, birth center, or other facility completing the screening shall report the results of the screening as well as information regarding treatment and treatment resources available to the parent or guardian of the newborn, and shall report the results of the screening to the primary care provider of the newborn upon discharge from the birthing hospital, birth center, or other facility.
Read the full explanation
If the newborn was not tested prior to discharge, the birthing hospital, birth center, or other facility shall report the status of the screening to the primary care provider of the newborn. If a newborn is delivered in a location other than a birthing hospital, birth center, or other facility, the physician or other health care professional who undertakes the pediatric care of the newborn shall ensure that the screening for tongue tie or lip tie is performed within three months of the date of the newborn’s birth. The physician or other health care professional shall report the results of the screening as well as information regarding treatment and treatment resources available to the parent or guardian of the newborn and shall report the results of the screening to the primary care provider of the newborn. Tongue tie, or ankyloglossia (AG), is a congenital condition in which an abnormally short frenulum restricts the tongue's ability to function properly. Lip tie is an unusually tight labial frenulum, which keeps the upper lip tethered to the gum line. In some infants, these conditions affect breast-feeding and cause other related issues.
House subcommittee
Named January 22, 2020. On February 11, 2020 it recommended indefinite postponement.
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Lobbying
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