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Louisiana Summary of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Legislation
Issue Excerpts from Legislation/Rules & Regulations
Year Passed  1999 SB 436 (Year 1999) (PDF)
Full
Implementation by:
 July 1, 2000 Note: Date rules are to be adopted by the state. No mention is made in the law of when full implementation must occur.
Requires
Screening of:
All Babies

Statute: §2264. Identification of hearing impairment in infants.

A. The office of public health in the Department of Health and Hospitals shall establish, in consultation with the advice of the Louisiana Commission for the Deaf and the advisory council created in R.S. 46:2265, a program for the early identification and follow-up of infants at risk, hearing impaired infants, and infants at risk of developing a progressive hearing impairment. That program shall, at a minimum:

(4) Require for all newborn infants that the hospital of birth or that hospital to which the newborn infant may be transferred provide screening for hearing impairment by auditory brainstem response (ABR) screening, or evoked otoacoustic emissions (EOAE) screening, or any other screening device approved by the office before discharge.

Source: Senate Bill No. 436

Advisory Committee
Established?
 Yes Statute: R.S. 46:2264(A) The office of public health in the Department of Health and Hospitals shall establish, in consultation with the advice of the Louisiana Commission for the Deaf and the advisory council created in R.S. 46:2265, a program for the early identification and follow-up of infants at risk, hearing impaired infants, and infants at risk of developing a progressive hearing impairment.

Source: Senate Bill No. 436

Covered Benefit of Health Insurance?    
Report to
State DOH
   
Provision of
Educational
Materials?
   
Informed Consent by Parents?    
Liability Immunity?    
Parental Objection Exclusion?    

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