CHAPTER 127
(Senate Bill 624)

AN ACT concerning

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening

FOR the purpose of altering the Program for Hearing-Impaired Infants to include a
certain universal newborn hearing screening component; altering the
composition and responsibilities of the Advisory Council for the Program;
requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop methods to
contact certain persons regarding the results of certain screenings; requiring
hospitals to provide certain information to the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene in a certain manner; requiring certain carriers to provide
coverage for certain screenings provided by a hospital before discharge;
requiring certain hospitals to establish a certain type of program; including
certain screenings in the minimum package of child wellness services; defining
a certain term; altering a certain definition; providing for the application of
certain provisions of this Act on and after a certain date; providing for a delayed
effective date for certain provisions of this Act; and generally relating to
universal newborn hearing screening.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 4-208(a) and 13-601 through 13-604
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-705.1(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article - Health - General

Section 13-605

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Health - General
Section 13-605 and 15-103(b)(28)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)