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MI HB4730

Bill

Status

Introduced

7/15/2025

Primary Sponsor

Samantha Steckloff

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Origin

House of Representatives

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Adds Krabbe disease to the mandatory newborn screening panel in Michigan, joining eight other conditions including phenylketonuria, sickle cell anemia, and hypothyroidism

  • Requires health professionals in charge of newborn care to administer or cause to be administered tests for Krabbe disease along with existing required screenings

  • Makes technical updates to statutory language, including updating Consumer Price Index references to "Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area" and modernizing citations to federal research regulations

  • Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law

  • Maintains existing fee structure allowing the department to charge up to $53.71 (adjusted annually for inflation) for performing required newborn screening tests

Legislative Description

Health: screening; Krabbe disease; include in list of disorders and diseases screened for at birth. Amends sec. 5431 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.5431).

Health: diseases

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 07/15/2025

7/22/2025

Committee Referrals

Health Policy7/15/2025

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