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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 594

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Relating to: congenital condition educational resources. (FE)

Health services department of — Health Maternal and infant care Physician

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires physicians who administer a prenatal or postnatal test for a

congenital condition and receive a positive test result to ensure the parent or

expectant parent of the child with the positive test result receives certain educational

resources on the congenital condition made available by the Department of Health

Services. The educational resources may be provided electronically, or, if the parent

or expectant parent prefers, physically. The educational resources that DHS must

make available on its Internet site must include certain current, evidence-based

information about the congenital condition that has been reviewed by medical

experts and national organizations specializing in the congenital condition specified

in the bill and supportive information relevant to the congenital condition that

includes contact information as specified in the bill. The bill requires DHS to review

and, as appropriate, update the educational resources with information from new

studies and research. The bill also requires DHS to provide the educational

resources in, at least, English and in Spanish and Hmong translations.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Callahan (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Katsma (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Mursau (R) , Penterman (R) , Plumer (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Spiros (R) , Summerfield (R) , Tusler (R)

14 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Born, Krug and Wichgers , Bradley (R) , Cowles (R) , Jagler (R) , Kapenga (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Nass (R) , Roth (R) , Steffen (R) , Testin (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 10, Noes 3

Passed 10–3 Oct 20, 2021 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. Oct 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Dittrich, Spiros, Penterman, Kuglitsch, Allen, Summerfield, Callahan, Gundrum, Knodl, Tusler, Katsma, Loudenbeck, Rozar, Schraa, Mursau, Plumer and Edming; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Jagler, Kapenga, Bradley, Wanggaard, Nass, LeMahieu, Cowles, Bernier and Roth

  2. Oct 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Oct 5, 2021 · Assembly

    Representatives Born, Krug and Wichgers added as coauthors

  4. Oct 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Oct 19, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Oct 20, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 10, Noes 3

  8. Oct 20, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-27-2021 by Committee on Rules

  10. Oct 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Thiesfeldt added as a coauthor

  11. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  12. Oct 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  13. Oct 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Tittl added as a coauthor

  14. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1