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Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other purposes.
4/8/2008--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 13, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the more...
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by Senate | | Voted on by House | | Considered By President | | This Bill Has Become Law |
| July 23, 2007 | December 13, 2007 | April 08, 2008 | April 24, 2008 | April 24, 2008 |
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May 10, 2008 Undernews For May 9, 2008
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May 11, 2008 Bush signs S.1858
Genetic privacy, parent consent and individual self-determination rights are at stake with the U.S. Senate’s recent passage of S. 1858, the ‘Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007.’ This paper outlines five key issues of concern. Overview If
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May 11, 2008 Bush signs S.1858
surveillance and research without their knowledge or consent Genetic privacy, parent consent and individual self-determination rights are atstake with the US Senateâs recent passage of S. 1858, the âNewborn ScreeningSaves Lives Act of ...
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stake with the US Senateâs recent passage of S. 1858, the âNewborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007.â This paper outlines five key issues of concern. Overview If enacted, S.1858 will nationalize the ...
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It is imperative that the House pass this bill. Newborn screening does not receive a proper amount of press coverage, but it is an extremely important issue.
With a simple heel prick, a baby can be screened for a host of disorders. Many of these disorders have devastating consequences if not diagnosed as quickly as possible.
I encourage everyone to encourage their representative to provide for a speedy passage of this bill through the House.
My niece in NC has recently had a baby who was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. Had it not been for the routine diagnostic screening performed in her state, her baby could easily have been the victim of a totally preventable crib death (a frequent consequence of this type of disorder when it is undiagnosed). Instead this baby has a chance at a healthy life.
Health Screenings like the one your niece had have been available for sometime. Parents can consent or reject these tests. Medical tests should never be mandated by the government. That is between a patient and doctor. And medical records should not be available to the government without consent or warrant.
This is bill is unconstitutional and an infringement on our rights. The bill will create a DNA database that the government can use to frame citizens for crimes, track citizens, and create bio-weapons specific to certain DNA sequences. This is simply wrong.
This is a horrible bill that will most likely be used to ration medical care if we continue down the path of socialized medicine. Government has no business making our health care decisions.
WOW, even newborn screening brings out the conspiracy theorists.
This has nothing to do with socialized medicine or creating DNA weapons... it has everything to do with saving valuable time in diagnosing catastrophic and terminal illnesses. My daughter was diagnosed with NKH, so this bill will not benefit us in anyway. However, it will benefit many, many Americans - - even the conspiracy theorists.
/\ Must be working for the government. If there is a way to misuse it, they will. They always have.
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