This bill addresses newborn infant testing.
This bill:
- requires the Department of Health and Human Services (department) to publish a privacy consent form pertaining to newborn infant testing;
- requires that the privacy consent form be provided to a newborn infant's parent or guardian prior to conducting newborn infant testing;
- provides for giving a parent or guardian the option to consent to the department's retention policy for biological samples or genetic data collected through newborn infant testing;
- requires the department to destroy a biological sample or any genetic data collected through newborn infant testing; and
- makes technical changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 26B-4-319
Substitute #1: 26B-4-319