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HB 716 - This act establishes the Brady Alan Cunningham Newborn Screening Act. The act requires, by July 1, 2012, the Department of Health and Senior Services to expand newborn screening requirements to include certain lysosomal storage diseases such as Krabbe, Pompe, Gaucher, Niemann-Pick or Fabry disease. The department is authorized to increase the current fee associated with the screening tests to cover the additional costs of the expanded tests.

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