Last Modified: 03/21/2022
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- ation by:
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
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Alaska
2006
Jan 1, 2008
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Arizona
2007
Yes
Yes
Yes
Arkansas
1999
July 1, 2000
Hospitals
>50 births
Yes
Medicaid
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
California
2006
Jan 1, 2008
All Babies
Medicaid
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Colorado
1997
July 1, 1999
85% of newborns
Yes
Yes
Connecticut
1997
July 1, 2000
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delaware
2005
Oct 7, 2005
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
District of Columbia
2001
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Florida
2000
Oct 01, 2000
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Georgia
1999
July 1, 2001
95% of newborns
Yes
Yes
Hawaii
1990
Not Specified
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Idaho
Illinois
1999
Dec 31, 2002
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Indiana
1999
July 1, 2000
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Iowa
2003
Jan 1, 2004
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Kansas
1999
All Babies
Yes
Kentucky
2000
Hospitals
>40 births
Yes
Yes
Yes
Louisiana
1999
July 1, 2000
All Babies
Yes
Maine
1999
Nov 01, 2001
>85%
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Maryland
1999
July 1, 2000
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Massachusetts
1997
Not Specified
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Michigan
All babies
Minnesota
2007*
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mississippi
1997
Jan 1, 1998
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Missouri
1999
Jan 1, 2002
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Montana
2001
June 30, 2003
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Nebraska
2000
Dec 01, 2003
>95%
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Nevada
2000
Jan 1, 2001
Hospitals
> 500
Yes
Yes
Yes
New Hampshire
2000
New Jersey
2000
Jan 1, 2002
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
New Mexico
2001
All Babies
New York
1999
NotSpecified
Hospitals >400 births
Yes
Yes
North Carolina
1999
Not Specified
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
North Dakota
Ohio
2002
June 30, 2004
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Oklahoma
2000
All
Oregon
1999
July 1, 2000
Hospitals
>200 births
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Pennsylvania
2001
July 1, 2003
85% of newborns
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rhode Island
1992
July 1, 1993
All Babies
Yes
Yes
South Carolina
2000
June 30, 2001
Hospitals
>100 births
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
South Dakota
Tennessee
2008
July 1, 2008
All Newborns
Yes, after July 2008
Religious Tenets
Yes
Texas
1999
April 1, 2001
Hospitals
>100 births
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Utah
1998
July 1, 1999
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Vermont
All Babies
Yes
Virginia
1998
July 1, 2000
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Washington
West Virginia
1998
July 1, 2000
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wisconsin
1999
July 1, 2003
88% of newborns
Yes
Yes
Wyoming
1999
July 1, 1999
All Babies
Yes
Yes
Date rules are to be adopted by the state. No mention is made in the law of when full implementation must occur.
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.