| Wisconsin Summary of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Legislation |
| Issue |
Excerpts from Legislation/Rules & Regulations |
| Year Passed |
1999 |
Statutes 253.115 / 253.12 (Year 1999) |
Full
Implementation by: |
August 5, 2003 |
Statute: 253.115 (3) If, by August 5, 2003, the department determines that fewer than 88% of all deliveries in this state are performed in hospitals that have a newborn hearing screening program and so notifies the hospitals, every hospital shall, by January 1, 2004, have a newborn hearing screening program that is available to all infants who are delivered in the hospital. History: 1999 a. 9, 185.
Source: Statutes 253.115 / 253.12; 1999 |
Requires
Screening of: |
88% of newborns |
Statute: 253.115 (3) If, by August 5, 2003, the department determines that fewer than 88% of all deliveries in this state are performed in hospitals that have a newborn hearing screening program and so notifies the hospitals, every hospital shall, by January 1, 2004, have a newborn hearing screening program that is available to all infants who are delivered in the hospital. History: 1999 a. 9, 185.
Source: Statutes 253.115 / 253.12; 1999 |
Advisory Committee
Established? |
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| Covered Benefit of Health Insurance? |
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Report to
State DOH |
Yes |
Statute: 253.12 …(2) REPORTING. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), all of the following shall report in the manner prescribed by the department under sub. (3) (a) 3. a birth defect in an infant or child: 1. A pediatric specialty clinic in which the birth defect is diagnosed in an infant or child or treatment for the birth defect is pro-vided to the infant or child. 2. A physician who diagnoses the birth defect or provides treatment to the infant or child for the birth defect. (am) Any hospital in which a birth defect is diagnosed in an infant or child or treatment is provided to the infant or child may report the birth defect in the manner prescribed by the department under sub. (3)(a)3.
(b) No person specified under par. (a) need report under par. (a) if that person knows that another person specified under par. (a) or (am) has already reported to the department the required information with respect to the same birth defect of the same infant or child.
(c) If the department determines that there is a discrepancy in any data reported under this subsection, the department may request a physician, hospital or pediatric specialty clinic to provide to the department information contained in the medical records of patients who have a confirmed or suspected birth defect diagnosis. The physician, hospital or pediatric specialty clinic shall provide that information within 10 working days after the department requests it.
(d) The department may not require a person specified under par. (a) 1. to 3. [par. (a) 1. or 2.] to report the name of an infant or child for whom a report is made under par. (a) if the parent or guardian of the infant or child refuses to consent in writing to the release of the name or address of the infant or child. (NOTE: The bracketed language indicates the correct cross–reference. Corrective legislation is pending.)(e) If the address of an infant or child for whom a report is made under par. (a) is included in the report, the department shall encode the address to refer to the same geographical location.
Source: Statutes 253.115 / 253.12, 1999 |
Provision of
Educational
Materials? |
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| Informed Consent by Parents? |
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| Liability Immunity? |
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| Parental Objection Exclusion? |
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| Hearing Impairment Defined? |
Yes |
Definition Chapter 253,
253.115 Newborn hearing screening programs. (1) In
this section:
(a) “Hearing loss” means an inability in one or both ears to detect sounds at 30 decibels hearing level or greater in the frequency region of 500 to 4,000 hertz that affects speech recognition and auditory comprehension.
Source: Statutes 253.115; 1999 |
