MI HB5027

Department must establish standards and guidelines for prenatal care services under the medical assistance program, considering recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.

Noninvasive prenatal testing must be available to all pregnant patients without restrictions based on age or baseline risk.

Expanded carrier screening must be available to all pregnant patients and those planning pregnancy without restrictions based on family history or ethnic background, covering over 100 inheritable autosomal recessive and X-linked conditions with carrier frequency of approximately 1/200 or greater in any ethnic group.

Defines "carrier frequency" as the proportion of individuals in a population with a single copy of a specific recessive genetic variant.

Defines "carrier screening" as the method to identify couples or individuals at risk of having a child with an autosomal recessive or X-linked genetic disorder.