| Mississippi Summary of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Legislation |
| Issue |
Excerpts from Legislation/Rules & Regulations |
| Year Passed |
1997 |
HB572 (1997) |
Full
Implementation by: |
January 1, 1998 |
Statue: SECTION 6. Section 1 of this act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1997; Sections 2 through 5 of this act shall take effect and be in force from and after January 1, 1998.
Source: HB572 (1997)
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Requires
Screening of: |
All Babies |
Statute: SECTION 5 (2) To assure the best possible developmental outcomes for infants and toddlers identified through the registration program, the Legislature shall provide fiscal support to the infant and toddler early intervention program of the Department of Health to: ...(b) Procure additional equipment to achieve universal hearing screening of one hundred percent (100%) of live births; ...
Source: HB572, 1997
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Advisory Committee
Established? |
Yes |
Statute: SECTION 4 . The State Health Officer shall appoint a five-member advisory committee ... which shall advise the State Department of Health and the State Interagency Coordinating Council created in Section 41-87-7 regarding matters of the Infant and Toddler Hearing Impaired Registry established under Section 3 of this act, as part of the Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers (Section 41-87-1 through 41-87-19).
Source: HB572, 1997
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| Covered Benefit of Health Insurance? |
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Report to
State DOH |
Yes |
Statute: (4) The State Board of Health may adopt rules and regulations that the board considers necessary to implement this section. The board in its rules and regulations shall specify the types of information to be provided to the State Part H Coordinator for the registry. The Department of Health may: (a) Execute contracts that the department deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section; (b) Receive data from medical records for children suspected of having hearing impairments that are in custody or under the control of laboratories, hospitals, audiologists, physicians, or other health care providers to record and analyze the data related to the child ‘s hearing impairment or suspected impairment;...
Source: HB572, 1997
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Provision of
Educational
Materials? |
Yes |
Statute: SECTION 1. (1) ... If it is determined by such testing or evaluation that a newborn child in a hospital in this state may have a hearing impairment, the physician or other person attending the child shall (a) refer the child for confirmatory testing, and (b) make reasonable efforts to promptly notify the child's parents or guardian that the child may have a hearing impairment and shall explain to them the potential effect of such impairment on the development of the child's speech and language skills.
Source: HB572 (1997)
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| Informed Consent by Parents? |
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| Liability Immunity? |
Yes |
Statute: SECTION 1. ... (2) No health care provider shall be civilly liable for the failure to conduct such testing.
SECTION 3. ... (6) The following persons who act in compliance with this section are not civilly or criminally liable for furnishing information required by this section: a hospital, clinical laboratory or other health care facility, and audiologist, an administrator, officer or employee of a hospital or other health care facility, and a physician or employee of a physician.
Source: HB572 (1997)
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| Parental Objection Exclusion? |
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