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2002 SESSION
SB 218 Newborn testing.
Introduced by: Patricia S. Ticer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Newborn testing. Adds to the list of inherited disorders for which newborn testing is required by the Commonwealth, a fatty acid oxidation disorder known as MCAD or MCADH, i.e., medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, which inhibits the proper metabolizing of stored fat. Individuals with MCAD, if left untreated, have episodes of hypoglycemia and Reye’s syndrome, which may result in fever, vomiting, coma, disorientation, and fatty infiltration of the liver. Implementation of this test will require the purchase of tandem mass spectrometers, which are technologically advanced analytic instruments that can be used to test newborns for more than 20 treatable metabolic disorders by sorting molecules in blood samples according to weight in a similar fashion to machines that sort coins. This provision will only become effective one year after the date that sufficient funds are appropriated or otherwise secured to (i) support the Virginia Department of Health's costs for start-up professional and family education and (ii) the purchase of the necessary equipment for implementation of the testing program in the Division of Consolidated Laboratories.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/02 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/02 025966544 pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/02 Senate: Printed as engrossed 025966544-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/02 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB218ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0440) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/02 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/02 025966544
- 01/09/02 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/07/02 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with amendments (12-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/02 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/11/02 Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/02 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/02 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/02 Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/02 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/12/02 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/12/02 Senate: Title replaced
- 02/12/02 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/12/02 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/02 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/02 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/02 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/02 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/12/02 Senate: Printed as engrossed 025966544-E
- 02/18/02 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/02 House: Read first time
- 02/18/02 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/21/02 House: Reported from H. W. I. (20-Y 1-N)
- 02/21/02 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 03/01/02 House: Reported from Appropriations (25-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/02 House: Read second time
- 03/05/02 House: Read third time
- 03/05/02 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/02 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/02 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB218ER)
- 03/18/02 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/18/02 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/19/02 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/02/02 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 440 (effective - see bill)
- 04/04/02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0440)