HB1782
Newborn screening requirements; federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel, evaluation, report.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Newborn screening requirements; federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel; evaluation; rulemaking; report.
Directs the Department of Health (the Department) to determine whether testing for disorders included on the federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP) recommended by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services should be included in the Commonwealth's newborn screening requirements. The bill directs the Department to ... (More) evaluate disorders included on the RUSP within 12 months of their addition to the RUSP and commence rulemaking procedures for adding such disorders to the Commonwealth's screening program if their inclusion is appropriate. The bill also requires the Department to determine annually whether disorders not included in the Commonwealth's newborn screening program should be reevaluated for inclusion. The bill requires the Department to submit a status report to the General Assembly annually containing information on the disorders included, evaluated, not recommended for inclusion, and not recommended for reevaluation. The bill contains an enactment clause requiring the Department to conduct such evaluation and, if applicable, commence rulemaking procedures for the addition of disorders within 12 months of the effective date of the bill for any disorders that are listed on the RUSP as of January 1, 2025. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101474D
- 01/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/14/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/16/2025 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/17/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources
- 01/23/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1782)
- 01/23/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/24/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/27/2025 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/27/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25105971D-H1
- 01/28/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1782)
- 01/29/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/30/2025 - House: Read second time
- 01/30/2025 - House: Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 01/30/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25107707D-S1
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/19/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1782)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2025 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 94-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/20/2025 - House: House acceded to request
- 02/20/2025 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/20/2025 - House: Delegates: Sullivan, Sickles, Griffin
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senators: Boysko, Hashmi, Suetterlein
- 02/21/2025 - Amended by conference committee
- 02/21/2025 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2025 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1782ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1782)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 483 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/24/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0483)
