2013-2014 Bill 4994: Critical Congenital Heart Defects Screening on Newborns (D. No. 4429)

South Carolina General Assembly

120th Session, 2013-2014

H. 4994

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution

Sponsors: Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee

Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31156ac14.docx

Introduced in the House on March 27, 2014

Introduced in the Senate on April 3, 2014

Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs

Summary: Critical congenital heart defects screening on newborns (D. No. 4429)

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

3/27/2014HouseIntroduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference (House Journalpage7)

4/2/2014HouseRead second time (House Journalpage198)

4/2/2014HouseRoll call Yeas104 Nays0 (House Journalpage198)

4/3/2014HouseRead third time and sent to Senate (House Journalpage14)

4/3/2014SenateIntroduced and read first time (Senate Journalpage12)

4/3/2014SenateReferred to Committee on Medical Affairs(Senate Journalpage12)

4/10/2014HouseRequests for debateRep(s).King, CobbHunter, RL Ott, Southard, Thayer, Long, Skelton, Hosey, Mack, Clemmons, GR Smith (House Journalpage101)

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/27/2014

3/27/2014-A

INTRODUCED

March 27, 2014

H.4994

Introduced by Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee

S. Printed 3/27/14--H.

Read the first time March 27, 2014.

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AJOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING TO CRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS SCREENING ON NEWBORNS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4429, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION1.The regulations of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, relating to Critical Congenital Heart Defects Screening on Newborns, designated as Regulation Document Number 4429, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION2.This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

South Carolina Act No. 0064, effective September 11, 2013, enacted the Emerson Rose Act, S.C. Code Section 443770 et seq. The Act, at 1976 Code Sections 443770 et seq., directed the Department to promulgate regulations to perform a pulse oximetry screening tests, or another approved screening to detect congenital heart defects, on every newborn in its care, when the baby is twentyfour to fortyeight hours of age, or as late as possible if the baby is discharged from the hospital before reaching twentyfour hours of age. This regulation will comply with the Act by mandating congenital heart defect screening on newborns. See sectional discussion below and Statements of Need and Reasonableness and Rationale herein.

A Notice of Drafting for this regulation was published in the State Register on September 27, 2013.

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