as adopted by the United States Department of Health and Human
Services and published in the Federal Register on September 24,
2013.
Section 4. Dissemination of information on CMV.
(a) Requirement.--A health care practitioner that assumes
responsibility for the prenatal care of a pregnant woman or a
woman who may become pregnant shall provide the educational
information regarding CMV made available by the department under
section 3.
(b) Compliance.--Delivery of information prepared by the
department in accordance with section 3 shall constitute
compliance with this section.
Section 5. CMV newborn testing SCREENING.
(a) General rule.--Except as provided for in subsection
(b), the department shall require a birthing facility or a
health care practitioner that assumes care of a newborn child to
test SCREEN the newborn child for CMV before the newborn child
is 21 days of age if:
(1) The THE newborn child fails the newborn hearing
screening under the act of November 30, 2001 (P.L.849,
No.89), known as the Infant Hearing Education, Assessment,
Reporting and Referral (IHEARR) Act.; OR
(2) The THE parent or guardian of a newborn child
requests that the newborn child be tested SCREENED for CMV.
(b) Exception.--A test SCREENING under subsection (a) may
not be performed if a parent or guardian of the newborn child
dissents on the grounds that the test SCREENING conflicts with a
religious belief or practice.
Section 6. Regulations.
The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to
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