2330 Joint meeting of the Newborn Screening and Follow-up Program Technical Advisory Board and Infant Hearing Screening Program Technical Advisory Committee

Joint Meeting of the Newborn Screening and Follow-Up Program Technical Advisory Board and Infant Hearing Screening Program Technical Advisory Committee

[44 Pa.B. 7141]
[Saturday, November 8, 2014]

 The Newborn Screening and Follow-Up Program Technical Advisory Board, established under the Newborn Child Testing Act (35 P. S. §§ 621—625), and the Infant Hearing Screening Program Technical Advisory Committee, established under the Infant Hearing Education, Assessment, Reporting and Referral (IHEARR) Act (11 P. S. §§ 876-1—876-9), will hold a joint public meeting on Thursday, December 4, 2014. The meeting will be held at the PaTTAN Office, 6340 Flank Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17112 from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.

 The agenda for the meeting includes, but is not limited to, discussion of: recent legislation adding Lysosomal Storage Disorders to the mandatory screening panel; recent legislation to require testing for congenital heart defects; revision of the Hearing Reporting Form used by hospitals to report hearing test results; and an update on Federal Newborn Hearing Screening Grant activities.

 For additional information or for persons with a disability who wish to attend the meeting and require auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to do so, contact Lani Culley or Arthur Florio, Public Health Program Administrators, Division of Newborn Screening and Genetics at [phone]. Speech and/or hearing impaired persons use V/TT [phone] or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at [phone] (TT).

 This meeting is subject to cancellation without notice.

MICHAEL WOLF, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-2330. Filed for public inspection November 7, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]