Section 22-20-3.2 - [Effective 10/1/2024] Newborn Screening Panel(a) This section shall have the same definitions as Section 22-20-3, Code of Alabama 1975.(b) The board shall adopt rules to administer the use of the Newborn Screening Panel, including the conditions for which screening is required. The Newborn Screening Panel shall include, but not be limited to, those conditions listed on the RUSP. Nothing in this act precludes the board from adding conditions to the Newborn Screening Panel that do not appear on the RUSP.(c)(1) No later than 36 months following the approval and addition of a new condition to the RUSP, the board shall add the condition to the Newborn Screening Panel and implement and administer screening.(2) Any condition added to the RUSP prior to January 1, 2024, shall be added to the panel by the board no later than October 1, 2027.(3) In the event that a RUSP-approved condition is not added to the Newborn Screening Panel in the time frame required by this subsection, the board shall provide a written notice to the State Health Officer outlining the reasons for the delay. Following its presentation to the State Health Officer, the board shall post the same written notice on its website.(d) Testing for heritable diseases and conditions and the services and facilities required for testing shall be subject to the availability of funding and workforce in the State Laboratory, as determined by the board.Ala. Code § 22-20-3.2 (1975)
Added by Act 2024-208,§ 3, eff. 10/1/2024.Act 2024-208,§ 1 provides that this act shall be known and may be cited as the Zachary Thomas Newborn Screening Act.