California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 4 - Preventive Medical Service › Subchapter 9 - Testing for Heritable Disorders › Group 3 - Newborn Screening Program › Article 4 - Newborn Screening Participation Fee › Section 6508 - Newborn Screening Fee Collection

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Perinatal
						licensed health facilities and birth attendants shall obtain from the Department a
						sufficient supply of specimen collection forms to permit collection of a blood
						specimen from each newborn required to be tested under this Group.
(b) The Department shall collect a fee for each
						specimen record form provided and a program participation fee for all services
						provided. The fee for a specimen form shall be $1, and for program services, shall
						be $225.00, except for a comprehensive prepaid group practice direct health care
						service plan with 20,000 or more births in the last completed calendar year for
						which complete statistics are available, and which elects to provide testing,
						follow-up and/or counseling services to its members. The fee for such plans shall be
						equal to the Department's cost of administration of the newborn screening program,
						to be determined by reducing the $225.00 program service fee by the annual statewide
						average per infant contracted cost of laboratory testing, follow-up and/or
						counseling services provided during the previous fiscal year. To qualify for this
						special fee a medical group serving a comprehensive prepaid group practice direct
						care service plan with 20,000 or more births shall sign a written agreement which
						contains the same standards and conditions, except as to payment or where
						specifically waived, as are applicable to the newborn screening laboratories and
						Newborn Screening Area Service Centers, adhere to the regulations governing the
						program, and to submit to monitoring and evaluation of compliance. Failure to comply
						with these conditions after being given written notification and 30 days to correct
						deviations shall result in loss of the option. In the event the option is lost the
						State shall designate appropriate contractors to provide services.
The provisions of this section shall apply even if the
						  newborn is part of a State-approved demonstration project.
(c) Birth attendants and physicians attending
						newborns who are under six days of age and who were not born in perinatal licensed
						health facilities and not subsequently admitted to perinatal licensed health
						facilities shall obtain a sufficient supply of specimen record forms to permit
						collection or shall arrange for a collection of a blood specimen from each such
						newborn attended.
(d) Birth attendants
						and physicians attending newborns and perinatal licensed health facilities shall not
						charge parents or third parties responsible for medical care coverage fees for
						participation in the newborn screening program in addition to those specified in
						this section, except for reasonable fees for costs of blood specimen collection and
						handling which shall not exceed $6.
(e)
						The perinatal licensed health facility shall make available to the responsible
						physician, at no additional charge, specimen collection services or a specimen
						record form for obtaining either a repeat specimen for an inadequate specimen or a
						specimen on a newborn discharged without the test having been obtained.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 124977, 124996, 125000,
							 131050, 131051 and 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 124977,
							 124996, 125000 and 125001, Health and Safety Code.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 124977,
							 124996,
							 125000,
							 131050,
							 131051
							 and
							 131200,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
							 124977,
							 124996,
							 125000
							 and
							 125001,
							 Health and Safety Code.