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Texas Health & Safety Code - Chapter 33 Phenylketonuria, Other Heritable Diseases, Hypothyroidism, And Certain Other DisordersLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Health & Safety Code > Texas Health & Safety Code - Chapter 33 Phenylketonuria, Other Heritable Diseases, Hypothyroidism, And Certain Other Disorders In this chapter: (1) "Heritable disease" means an inherited disease that may result in mental or physical retardation or death. (2) "Hypothyroidism" means a condition ... (a) The department shall carry out a program to combat morbidity, including mental retardation, and mortality in persons who have phenylketonuria, other heritable diseases, or ... (a) The department may invite all physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers in the state that provide maternity and newborn infant care to cooperate ... (a) Not later than March 1, 2006, the department shall: (1) conduct a study to determine the most cost-effective method of conducting newborn screening, including ... (a) The physician attending a newborn child or the person attending the delivery of a newborn child that is not attended by a physician shall ... (a) Screening tests may not be administered to a newborn child whose parents, managing conservator, or guardian objects on the ground that the tests conflict ... A physician, technician, or other person administering the screening tests required by this chapter is not liable or responsible because of the failure or refusal ... (a) If, because of an analysis of a specimen submitted under Section 33.011, the department reasonably suspects that a newborn child may have phenylketonuria, another ... (a) Each physician, health authority, or other individual who has the information of a confirmed case of a disorder for which a screening test is ... (a) The department may develop a program to approve any laboratory that wishes to perform the tests required to be administered under this chapter. To ... (a) All newborn children and other individuals under 21 years of age who have been screened, have been found to be presumptively positive through the ... (a) Within the limits of funds available for this purpose and in cooperation with the individual's physician, the department may provide services directly or through ... The department may not provide services without the consent of the individual or, if the individual is a minor, the minor's parent, managing conservator, or ... (a) After notice and an opportunity for a fair hearing, the department may deny the approval or modify, suspend, or revoke the approval of a ... (a) An individual is not eligible to receive the services authorized by this chapter at no cost or reduced cost to the extent that the ... (a) After notice to the individual or, if the individual is a minor, the individual's parent, managing conservator, or guardian and an opportunity for a ... (a) The board may require an individual or, if the individual is a minor, the minor's parent, managing conservator, or guardian, or other person with ... (a) The department is entitled to recover an expenditure for services provided under this chapter from: (1) a person who does not reimburse the department ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |