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SB 323

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requiring newborn hearing screening.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the attending physician or nurse-midwife must ensure that

every infant born undergoes a blood test for congenital disorders and metabolic

disorders. Also under current law, hospitals must make newborn hearing screening

available for all infants delivered at the hospital. The state laboratory of hygiene

performs tests on the blood samples; provides necessary diagnostic services,

treatment, and follow-up counseling; advises the physician of the test results; and

reports positive test results to the Department of Health Services (DHS).

This bill requires the physician, nurse-midwife, or certified professional

midwife who attended the birth to arrange for the infant to be tested before hospital

discharge, or within 30 days of birth if the infant was not born in a hospital, to

determine if the infant has hearing loss. The physician, nurse-midwife, or certified

professional midwife who attended the birth must also advise the parents or legal

guardian of the infant of the hearing test results. This bill also requires the state

laboratory of hygiene to provide additional follow-up services and to report positive

hearing screening results to DHS.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Coggs (D) , Darling (R) , Erpenbach (D) , Kreitlow (D) , Lassa (D) , Lehman (D) , Miller (D) , Risser (D) , Schultz (R) , Taylor (D)

21 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , A. Williams (D) , Berceau (D) , Bernard Schaber (D) , Black (D) , Dexter (D) , Grigsby (D) , Hilgenberg (D) , Hixson (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kaufert (R) , Krusick (D) , Lothian (R) , Mason (D) , Molepske Jr. (D) , Schneider (D) , Sinicki (D) , Soletski (D) , Townsend (R) , Turner (D) , Wood (I)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Mar 19, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 27, Noes 6

Passed 27–6 Apr 13, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Rules suspended to order immediately messaged, Ayes 76, Noes 21

Passed 76–21 Apr 20, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Sep 30, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lassa, Taylor, Lehman, Schultz, Kreitlow, Risser, Miller, Darling, Coggs and Erpenbach;Cosponsored by Representatives Dexter, Kaufert, Berceau, Black, Townsend, Schneider, Hilgenberg, Mason, Soletski, Sinicki, Jorgensen, Hixson, Lothian, Turner, Grigsby, A. Williams, Krusick, Wood, A. Ott, Molepske Jr. and Bernard Schaber

  2. Sep 30, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue

  3. Mar 2, 2010 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Lassa

  4. Mar 3, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 5, 2010 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Lassa

  6. Mar 16, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Mar 17, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Mar 19, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Mar 19, 2010 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  10. Mar 19, 2010 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  11. Mar 19, 2010 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  12. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)

  13. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)

  14. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-13-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  15. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1 adopted

  17. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 adopted

  18. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  20. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 27, Noes 6

  21. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  23. Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  24. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:40 A.M. on 4-20-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23

  25. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  26. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  28. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  29. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to order immediately messaged, Ayes 76, Noes 21

  30. Apr 21, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  31. Apr 27, 2010 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-27-2010

  32. May 10, 2010 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 5-10-2010

  33. May 11, 2010 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 5-11-2010. 2009 Wisconsin Act 279

  34. May 13, 2010 · Senate

    Published 5-25-2010