MN HF2421

Creates "The Vivian Act" requiring the Minnesota Commissioner of Health to provide up-to-date, evidence-based information about congenital CMV (cytomegalovirus) to health care practitioners, women who may become pregnant, expectant parents, and parents of infants.

Information must include testing recommendations for babies who fail newborn hearing screens or have pregnancy histories suggesting increased CMV risk, CMV incidence rates, transmission methods, birth defects caused by congenital CMV, preventative measures, and available family resources.

Requires the commissioner to ensure all information is culturally and linguistically appropriate through existing department practices and community engagement.

Mandates the department establish an outreach program to educate women who may become pregnant, expectant parents, and parents of infants about CMV, and to raise awareness among health care providers caring for expectant mothers or infants.