Amendment 2024-0565s to SB355 (2024)

Relative to newborn screening for cytomegalovirus.


Revision: Feb. 8, 2024, 8:49 a.m.

Health and Human Services

February 7, 2024

2024-0565s

05/02

 

 

Amendment to SB 355-FN

 

Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:

 

1 Department of Health and Human Services; Early Detection of Cytomegalovirus.  The department of health and human services shall provide information on the importance of early detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) through the New Hampshire newborn screening program, established in RSA 132:10-a, and include an update on targeted newborn CMV screening in New Hampshire to the oversight committee on health and human services, established in RSA 126-A:13, for inclusion in the department’s annual report, pursuant to RSA 132:10-a, IV, on or before March 1, 2025.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

2024-0565s

AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill directs the department of health and human services to provide information on the importance of early detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) through the New Hampshire newborn screening program, established in RSA 132:10-a and to provide an update on targeted newborn CMV screening to the oversight committee on health and human services.