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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 622

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requiring pulse oximetry in newborns.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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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 and a screening for hearing loss. This bill requires the physician,

nurse-midwife, or certified professional midwife, who attended a birth to ensure

that the infant is screened for a congenital heart defect using pulse oximetry before

the infant is discharged from the hospital. The bill also requires the physician,

nurse-midwife, or certified professional midwife, who attended the birth to ensure

that a parent or legal guardian of the infant is advised of the screening result and,

if the infant has an abnormal screening result, to ensure that a parent or legal

guardian of the infant is provided information on available resources for further

diagnosis and treatment for a possible congenital heart defect.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Brooks (R) , C. Taylor (D) , Fields (D) , Hebl (D) , Jacque (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kleefisch (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Pasch (D) , Petrowski (R) , Richards (D) , Ripp (R) , Spanbauer (R) , Strachota (R) , Vruwink (D) , Wynn (R)

4 cosponsors

Erpenbach (D) , Lassa (D) , Risser (D) , Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Kerkman, LeMahieu, Pasch, Brooks, Spanbauer, Fields, Jacque, Ripp, Hebl, Vruwink, C. Taylor, Wynn, Strachota, Petrowski, Berceau and Richards;Cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Taylor, Risser and Erpenbach

  2. Feb 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health

  3. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  4. May 14, 2012 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received