528 Newborn Screening and Follow-up Technical Advisory Board and Infant Hearing Screening Advisory Committee joint meeting  

  • Newborn Screening and Follow-Up Technical Advisory Board and Infant Hearing Screening Advisory Committee Joint Meeting

    [46 Pa.B. 1614]
    [Saturday, March 26, 2016]

     The Newborn Screening and Follow-Up Technical Advisory Board, established under the Newborn Child Testing Act (35 P.S. §§ 621—625), and the Infant Hearing Screening 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 Tuesday, April 19, 2016, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Harrisburg PaTTAN Office, 6340 Flank Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17112. Agenda items will include a demonstration of the newborn screening data system, discussion of cytomegalo- virus, presentation of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention—Pediatric Audiology Links to Service reports by the critical congenital heart disease and cystic fibrosis subcommittees, and updates on newborn blood spot screening panels, education of the Legislature and timeliness of newborn screening.

     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 should contact Lani Culley or Arthur Florio, Public Health Program Administrators, Division of Newborn Screening and Genetics at (717) 783-8143. Speech and/or hearing impaired persons use V/TT (717) 783-6514 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TT).

    KAREN M. MURPHY, PhD, RN, 
    Secretary

    [Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-528. Filed for public inspection March 25, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]

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