2201 Stakeholder's meeting for newborn screening and follow-up program

Stakeholder's Meeting for Newborn Screening and Follow-Up Program

[34 Pa.B. 6609]

   The Newborn Screening and Follow-Up Program (Program), established under the Newborn Child Testing Act (35 P. S. §§ 621--625), will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, December 14, 2004. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Department of Health's approach to recent legislative changes to section 2101(b) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 531(b)) made by the act of December 23, 2003 (P.L. 282, No. 47) and plan for future direction of the Program. The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Capitol Building, 60 East Wing, Commonwealth Avenue, Harrisburg, PA.

   For additional information or persons with a disability who wish to attend the meeting and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to do so, contact Karen Espenshade, Director, Division of Newborn Disease Prevention and Identification, at [phone] or for speech and/or hearing impaired persons, V/TT [phone] or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services at [phone].

   Please R.S.V.P. by December 13, 2004, to Rose Butchko at [phone].

CALVIN B. JOHNSON, M.D., M.P.H.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-2201. Filed for public inspection December 10, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]