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Colorado Summary of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Legislation
Issue Excerpts from Legislation/Rules & Regulations
Year Passed 1997 HOUSE BILL 97-1095
Full
Implementation by:
July 1, 1999 Statute: Sec. 1. (3)(a) It is the intent of the general assembly that by July 1, 1999, newborn hearing screening be conducted on no fewer than eighty-five percent of the infants born in hospitals, using procedures recommended by the advisory committee on hearing in newborn infants, created in subsection (2) of this section.

Source: HOUSE BILL 97-1095

Requires
Screening of:
85% of newborns Statute: Sec. 1. (3)(a) It is the intent of the general assembly that by July 1, 1999, newborn hearing screening be conducted on no fewer than eighty-five percent of the infants born in hospitals, using procedures recommended by the advisory committee on hearing in newborn infants, created in subsection (2) of this section.

Source: HOUSE BILL 97-1095

Advisory Committee
Established?
Yes Statute: Section 1. 2)(a)(I) There is hereby established an advisory committee on hearing in newborn infants for the purpose of collecting the informational data specified in paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of this section.

Source: HOUSE BILL 97-1095

Report to
State DOH
   
Provision of
Educational
Materials?
Yes Sec. 1. (3)(a) …Toward that end, on and after July 1, 1997, every licensed or certifies hospital shall educate the parents of infants born in such hospitals of the importance of screening the hearing of newborn infants and follow-up care. Education shall not be considered a substitute for the hearing screening described in this section.

Sec. 1. (5) A physician, nurse, midwife, or other health professional attending a birth outside a hospital or institution shall provide information, as established by the department, to parents regarding places where the parents may have their infants' hearing screened and the importance of such screening.

Source: HOUSE BILL 97-1095


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