Last Modified: 11/10/2022
State EHDI/UNHS Mandates: Summary Table
This table shows only what is required by the law, which may be different from what states are doing. For example, Rhode Island has one of the best statewide tracking and reporting systems in the country, even though their law does not mention tracking and reporting.
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Summary of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
States
Year Passed
Full Implement-
Requires Screening of: Advisory Committee Established? Covered Benefit of Health Insurance? Report to State DOH Provision of Educational Materials? Informed Consent by Parents? Liability Immunity? Parental Objection Exclusion? Hearing Impairment Defined?
Alabama
1991
Not specified
All Babies
No
Medicaid/ Medicare
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (in regulations)
Alaska 2006 Jan 1, 2008 All Babies Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Arizona 2007 Not specified
All Babies
Yes Yes
Yes Yes No
No
Yes
Yes (in regulations)
Arkansas 1999 July 1, 2000 Hospitals Yes Medicaid Yes Yes Yes Yes
California 1998 Aug 19, 1998 All Babies No
No Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Colorado 1997 July 1, 1999 All Babies Yes No
Yes
Yes No
No
Yes
Yes (in regulations)
Connecticut 1997 July 1, 2000 All Babies No Yes Yes No No
Yes
Yes No
Delaware 2005 Oct 7, 2005 All Babies Yes
Yes Yes
No
No
Yes No
Yes
District of Columbia 2000 Not specified
All Babies Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Florida 2000 Oct 01, 2000 All Babies Yes Yes Yes
Georgia 1999 July 1, 2002 All Babies (in regulations) Yes No
Yes
No No
No
Yes
Yes
Hawaii 1990 Not Specified
All Babies No
No
Yes Yes
No
No
Yes Yes
Idaho
Illinois 1999 Jul 7, 1999 All Babies Yes (in regulations) No
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes (in regulations)
Indiana 1999 July 1, 2000 All Babies Yes Yes Yes Yes No
No
Yes Yes (in regulations)
Iowa 2003 Jan 1, 2004 All Babies Yes Yes Yes
Kansas 1999 All Babies No
No
Yes
Yes (in regulations)
Yes No
Yes
No
Kentucky 2000 July 14, 2000
Hospitals > 40 births No No
Yes Yes
No
No
No
No
Louisiana 1999 April 1, 2002 † All Babies Yes No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Maine 1999 Nov 01, 2000 All Babies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes (in regulations)
Yes
Maryland 1999 July 1, 2000 All Babies Yes Yes Yes Yes
Massachusetts 1997 Not Specified All Babies Yes Yes Yes Yes
Michigan
2006
Not specified
All babies
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Minnesota 2007* September 1, 2007
All Babies Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
No
Mississippi 1997 Jan 1, 1998 All Babies Yes No
Yes Yes No
Yes No
Yes
Missouri 1999 Jan 1, 2002 All Babies Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Yes
Yes Yes (in regulations)
Montana 2001 June 30, 2003 All Babies Yes No
Yes Yes
No
No
No
No
Nebraska 2000 Dec 01, 2003 >95% Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nevada 2000 Jan 1, 2001 Hospitals Yes Yes Yes
New Hampshire 2005 Not specified
Not specified
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
New Jersey 2000 Jan 1, 2002 All Babies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (in regulations)
Yes Yes (in regulations)
New Mexico 2001 July 1, 2001
All Babies No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
New York 1999 Not Specified Hospitals > 400 births (other hospitals must refer infant for a hearing screening) No
No
Yes Yes (in regulations)
No
No
No
Yes (in regulations)
North Carolina 1999 Not Specified All Babies No
No
Yes Yes No
No
Yes No
North Dakota
Ohio 2002 June 30, 2004 All Babies Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes (in regulations)
Yes Yes
Oklahoma 2000 November 1, 2000
All Babies No
No
Yes
Yes (in regulations)
No
No
Yes (in regulations)
No
Oregon 1999 Not specified Hospitals > 200 births Yes (in regulations) No
Yes Yes No
Yes
Yes No
Pennsylvania 2001 July 1, 2002 <85% of live births Yes No
Yes Yes No
Yes Yes
No
Puerto Rico
2003
January 18, 2004
<80% of infants born in hospitals
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Rhode Island 1992 July 1, 2003 All Babies Yes
Yes No
No
No
No
Yes No
South Carolina 2000 June 30, 2001 Hospitals Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
South Dakota
Tennessee 2008 July 1, 2008 All Babies No
Yes Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes Yes
Texas 1999 April 1, 2001 All Babies No
Yes (in regulations) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Utah 1998 July 1, 1999 All Babies Yes No
Yes Yes No
No
Yes
Yes (in regulations)
Vermont
1997
Not specified
All Babies
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Virginia 1998 July 1, 2000 All Babies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Washington
West Virginia 1998 July 1, 2000 All Babies Yes Yes Yes No
No
No
Yes
No
Wisconsin 1999 January 4, 2001 All Babies No
No
Yes No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Wyoming 1999 July 1, 1999 All Babies No
No
Yes
Yes Yes No
Yes
No
Note: This table shows only what is required by the law, which may be different from what states are doing. For example, Rhode Island has one of the best statewide tracking and reporting systems in the country, even though their law does not mention tracking and reporting.
