No. CS/SB 1414
Filed under Healthcare.
Education on Congenital Cytomegalovirus; Requiring the Department of Health, in consultation with medical experts identified by the department, to develop educational materials on congenital cytomegalovirus for distribution to expectant and new parents or caregivers; requiring certain hospitals, birth centers, and obstetrics and gynecology physician practices to provide the educational materials to such parents and caregivers, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe Department of Health must work with medical experts to create educational materials on congenital cytomegalovirus, covering how it spreads, its effects on a fetus or newborn, and the value of early testing.
Hospitals, birth centers, and OB-GYN practices must hand these materials to expectant and new parents receiving maternity, prenatal, or newborn care, reaching most pregnant patients and new parents in the state.
The materials must cover the risk of unnoticed person-to-person spread, the range of harm from seizures and hearing loss to pregnancy loss, and the state's existing newborn screening requirements.
The Department of Health must also get these materials to child care facilities and any other entity it considers relevant, extending the reach of this education beyond medical settings alone.
AIThe Department of Health, working with medical experts it identifies, must develop educational materials on congenital cytomegalovirus for expectant and new parents or caregivers as part of maternity, prenatal, or newborn services and education.
AIThe required content must explicitly state that the virus can pass between people without any sign of infection, and that it can be especially dangerous when passed from a pregnant woman to her child.
AIBeyond listing the neurological, sensory, and physical harm congenital cytomegalovirus can cause, the materials must specifically emphasize why testing newborns and infants early matters for preserving their health.
AIEvery covered hospital, birth center, and obstetrics and gynecology practice offering maternity, prenatal, or newborn services or education must give these materials to the expectant or new parents and caregivers it serves.
AIThe educational materials must also explain the newborn screening requirements that already exist under a separate statute, so parents learn about that testing mandate as part of this new education duty.
AISeparately from the provider-distribution duty, the department itself must give the materials to child care facilities and to any other entity it decides is relevant, widening distribution beyond medical settings.