CHAPTER 92
HOUSE BILL No. 2362
An Act enacting the newborn infant hearing screening act;
repealing K.S.A. 65-1,149, 65-
1,150, 65-1,152, 65-1,153, 65-1,154, 65-1,155, 65-1,156 and
65-1,157 and K.S.A. 1998
Supp. 65-1,151.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) This act shall be
known as the newborn infant hearing
screening act.
(b) Every child born in the state of
Kansas, within three to five days for
normal births and five to eight days for premature births following
birth,
unless a different time period is medically indicated, shall be
given a screen-
ing examination for detection of significant hearing loss. The
screening shall
be conducted in accordance with accepted medical practices and in
the
manner prescribed by the secretary of health and environment.
(c) Informed consent of parents shall be
obtained and if any parent
or guardian of a child objects to the mandatory examination for
detection
of significant hearing loss the child is exempt from subsection (b)
of this
section.
(d) Information obtained by the secretary
of health and environment
under this section shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed
except
to notify the primary care physician and the parents or guardian of
the
child of the screening results.
(e) The secretary of health and
environment may make application
for and receive grants or other moneys which may be available from
the
federal government for newborn hearing screening and may enter
into
cooperative agreements with the federal government relating to
newborn
hearing screening.
(f) The secretary of health and
environment shall adopt such rules
and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
this
section.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 65-1,149, 65-1,150, 65-1,152,
65-1,153, 65-1,154, 65-
1,155, 65-1,156 and 65-1,157 and K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 65-1,151 are
hereby
repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its
publication in the statute book.
Approved April 14, 1999.
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