Title 10 — Health and Safety
112 chapters · 2,597 sections in this title.
10 GCA § 4101 Short Title
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This Act shall be known and may be cited as the >Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Act (UNHSIA) of 2004.
10 GCA § 4102 Legislative Findings and Intent
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I Liheslaturan Guåhan hereby finds that significant hearing loss is one of the most common major abnormalities present at birth and, if undetected, will impede the child=s speech, language, and cognitive development. Screening by high-risk characteristics alone (e.g., family hist…
10 GCA § 4103 Definitions
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(a) >Infant= means a child who is not a newborn and has not attained the age of one (1) year. (b) >Newborn= means a child up to twenty-eight (28) days old. (c) >Child= means a person up to twenty-one (21) years of age. (d) >Parent= means a natural parent, stepparent, adoptive par…
10 GCA § 4104 Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening Programs
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(a) Each health care facility shall establish a universal newborn hearing screening program which shall include, but not be limited to: (1) in advance of any hearing screening testing, providing to the newborn's or infant's parent(s), information concerning the nature of the scre…
10 GCA § 4105 Confidentiality
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The DPH&SS and all other persons to whom data is submitted in accordance with this Act shall keep such information confidential. No publication or disclosure of information shall be made except in the form of statistical or other studies which do not identify individuals, except …
10 GCA § 4106 Coverage and Reimbursement
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(a) Any health insurance policy which is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, extended, or modified in Guam by any health care insurer and COL 110609 AND INTERVENTION ACT (UNHSIA) OF 2004 which provides coverage for a child shall be deemed to provide coverage for hearing scre…
10 GCA § 4107 Delivery of Policy
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Any health insurance policy, whether purchased on Guam or off-island that provides coverage or benefits to a resident of Guam shall be deemed to be delivered in Guam within the meaning of this Act.
10 GCA § 4108 Applicability
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This Act applies to health insurance policies delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, extended or modified after September 30, 2005.
10 GCA § 4109 Duties and Responsibilities
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(a) UOG CEDDERS: It will be the duty and responsibility of the Director of UOG CEDDERS to work in collaboration with DPH&SS, Department of Education (DOE), ICC Subcommittee, and the health care facilities to implement universal hearing screening and intervention programs through …
10 GCA § 4110 Promulgation of Rules and Regulations
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The DPH&SS shall promulgate the Rules and Regulations no later than sixty (60) days upon enactment of this Act.
10 GCA § 4111 Severability
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If any provision of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is found to be invalid or contrary to law, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to …