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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.1014 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20020213 Primary Sponsor:Hawkins All Sponsors:Hawkins, Grooms, Ravenel, Giese, Branton, Richardson, Peeler, Waldrep, Martin, Verdin, Thomas, Courson and Gregory Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\nbd\11225ac02.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee 27 H3M Date of Last Amendment:20020313 Subject:Neonatal testing of children, parental consent; disposition of test samples History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20020319 Introduced, read first time, 27 H3M referred to Committee Senate 20020313 Amended, read third time, sent to House Senate 20020307 Amended, read second time, ordered to third reading with notice of general amendments Senate 20020306 Committee report: Favorable with 13 SMA amendment Senate 20020213 Introduced, read first time, 13 SMA referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on March 6, 2002 - Word format Revised on March 7, 2002 - Word format Revised on March 13, 2002 - Word format
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AS PASSED BY THE SENATE
March 13, 2002
S. 1014
Introduced by Senators Hawkins, Grooms, Ravenel, Giese, Branton, Richardson, Peeler, Waldrep, Martin, Verdin, Thomas, Courson and Gregory
S. Printed 3/13/02--S.
Read the first time February 13, 2002.
TO AMEND SECTION 44-37-30, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO NEONATAL TESTING OF CHILDREN, SO AS TO REQUIRE PARENTAL CONSENT TO OBTAIN SAMPLES FOR TESTING AND TO PERFORM RESEARCH USING A SAMPLE TAKEN, TO AUTHORIZE A PARENT OR A PERSON OVER EIGHTEEN TO REQUEST IN WRITING THAT ANY SAMPLE TAKEN FOR TESTING BE DESTROYED AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO PROVIDE A REQUEST FORM ON ITS WEBSITE, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO DESTROY A SAMPLE FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER THE BIRTH OF A CHILD, AND TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 44-37-30 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 44-37-30. (A) Every A child born in this State, except a child born of a parent who objects on religious grounds and indicates this objection before testing on a form promulgated in regulation by the Department of Health and Environmental Control, shall have neonatal testing to detect inborn metabolic errors and hemoglobinopathies. The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall prescribe by regulation the tests to be performed, the persons and institutions responsible for obtaining necessary samples for the prescribed test, the procedures to be followed in testing and recording the results of the tests, methods and procedures for storage of the samples, and the provision of appropriate counseling and medical referral. Blood taken to perform these tests must be stored by the department at minus 20° centigrade and available for additional tests as the department prescribes by regulation.
(B) Information obtained as a result of the tests conducted pursuant to this section is confidential and may be released only to a parent or legal guardian of the child, the child's physician, and the child when eighteen years of age or older when requested on a form promulgated in regulation by the department.
(C) A blood sample obtained pursuant to this section is confidential and may be released only as the parent or legal guardian of the child from whom a blood sample was obtained, or the child when eighteen years of age or older, directs the department at the time of testing or at any time after that on a form promulgated in regulation by the department.
(D)(1) Unless otherwise directed pursuant to this subsection, a blood sample obtained pursuant to this section must be stored by the department at minus 20º centigrade and may be released for purposes of confidential, anonymous scientific study. The release of a blood sample must conform with regulations promulgated by the department. At the time of testing or at any time after that, on a form promulgated in regulation by the department, the parent or legal guardian of the child from whom a blood sample was obtained, or the child when eighteen years of age or older, may direct the department to:
(a) return a blood sample in its entirety and any test results not less than two years after the date of testing;
(b) destroy a blood sample in a scientifically acceptable manner not less than two years after the date of the testing; or
(c) store a blood sample at minus 20º centigrade but not release the blood sample for confidential, anonymous scientific study.
(2) A blood sample released for confidential, anonymous study pursuant to this section must not contain information which may be used to determine the identity of the donor. A blood sample released pursuant to this section may contain demographic or other statistical information. If scientific study identifies genetic information that may benefit the child, the department may notify confidentially the parent or legal guardian, or the child if eighteen years of age or older, of this information.
(E) (1) A blood sample that has not been stored at minus 20° centigrade before the effective date of this section must be destroyed in a scientifically acceptable manner six months from the effective date of this section unless a parent or legal guardian of a child from whom a blood sample was obtained, or the child if eighteen years of age or older, requests return of the blood sample on a form provided by the department.
(2) A blood sample stored at minus 20° centigrade pursuant to this section before the effective date of this section must be retained as prescribed in subsection (D) unless directed by the parent or legal guardian of the child from whom a blood sample was obtained to destroy or return the blood sample.
(F) The department shall promulgate regulations necessary for the implementation of this section. All forms must include information concerning the benefits of neonatal testing and storage of a blood sample.
(G) A person who violates this section or fails to comply with the regulations promulgated pursuant to this section or who provides or obtains or otherwise tampers with a blood sample collected pursuant to this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must may be fined not more than one hundred fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. Children of parents objecting to tests on religious grounds are not required to receive the tests three years."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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