Oregon Health Authority to conduct educational program on newborn bloodspot screening. (1) To ensure proper testing and follow-up care and increase public awareness of the newborn bloodspot screening program described in ORS 433.288, the Oregon Health Authority shall, subject to available resources, implement

(a) An educational program for health care providers, expectant parents, parents or guardians of infants and the general public.

(b) A follow-up monitoring program to improve long-term care of individuals with medical conditions identified through screening.

(2) The educational program must:

(a) Provide information on the medical conditions for which infants are screened under the newborn bloodspot screening program;

(b) Provide information on the importance of newborn bloodspot screening to prevent or mitigate the harmful health effects of medical conditions for which infants are screened; and

(c) If a newborn bloodspot screening detects a medical condition for an infant, provide the parents or guardians of the infant information on organizations that serve populations impacted by the medical condition. [1963 c.190 §2; 1977 c.582 §35; 1983 c.490 §1; 2009 c.595 §656; 2017 c.356 §64; 2025 c.203 §4]