TITLE: Relating to newborn screening tests for sex chromosome structure.

SUMMARY: Relating to newborn screening tests for sex chromosome structure.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to newborn screening tests for sex chromosome structure. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 33.0022 to read as follows: Sec. 33.0022. SEX CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE TEST. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department shall include a sex chromosome structure test in the detection and treatment program established under this chapter, in the screening for heritable diseases conducted under Subchapter B, and in the newborn screening services provided under Subchapter C. SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall implement Section 33.0022, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.