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Relating to requiring hospitals to provide umbilical cord testing for the presence of an illegal drug or alcohol in a newborn child’s body and child in need of assistance proceedings
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 4, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 5, 2019
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- 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 requiring hospitals to provide umbilical cord testing for the presence of an illegal drug or alcohol in a newborn child’s body and a child in need of assistance proceeding. The bill provides each newborn child born in a hospital is required to be tested for the presence of an illegal drug or alcohol in the child’s body. The test shall be conducted utilizing umbilical cord testing. The department of public health shall report positive test results to the department of human services.
Read the full explanation
The bill directs the department to adopt rules as necessary to administer the provisions of the bill pursuant to Code chapter 17A.81.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 5, 2019. Meeting: Wednesday, March 6 · 12:30 PM · RM G17.
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