NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Newborn Screening and Follow-Up Technical Advisory Board Meeting
[48 Pa.B. 2239]
[Saturday, April 14, 2018]The Newborn Screening and Follow-Up Technical Advisory Board, established under the Newborn Child Testing Act (35 P.S. §§ 621—625), will hold a public meeting on Thursday, May 3, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Department of Transportation, Materials and Testing Laboratory, DGS Annex Complex, 81 Lab Lane, Harrisburg, PA 17110-2543.
The agenda will include information and updates on Krabbe, mucopolysaccharidosis II and spinal muscular atrophy. The agenda will also include an update from the Bureau of Family Health on: data collected and information on lysosomal storage disorders and severe combined immunodeficiency; information on NewSTEPs 360, the grant received to improve the timeliness of newborn screening; reports of committee activities; and discussion on the R4S tool pilot program, a laboratory performance database.
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, contact Stacey Gustin, Public Health Program Manager, Division of Newborn Screening and Genetics, (717) 783-8143 or for speech and/or hearing impaired persons, call the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).
RACHEL L. LEVINE, MD,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 18-576. Filed for public inspection April 13, 2018, 9:00 a.m.]
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