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§300b–14 National Contingency Plan for Newborn Screening

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER IX — GENETIC DISEASES, HEMOPHILIA PROGRAMS, AND SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME › Part A — Genetic Diseases › § 300b–14

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create a national backup plan for newborn screening within 180 days after April 24, 2008. The Secretary must work through the CDC Director and talk with the Administrator and State health departments (or similar agencies). The plan must be updated as needed and at least every five years. The plan must cover how to collect, move, send, and test newborn specimens; how to tell doctors and families the results; how to confirm positive results; how to make sure treatment and care are available; how to teach families about screening; and any other actions the Secretary finds needed.

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Title 42, §300b–14

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
Not later than 180 days after April 24, 2008, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the Administrator and State departments of health (or related agencies), shall develop a national contingency plan for newborn screening for use by a State, region, or consortium of States in the event of a public health emergency. The plan shall be updated as needed and at least every five years.
(b)Contents
The contingency plan developed under subsection (a) shall include a plan for— (1)
(2)the shipment of specimens to State newborn screening laboratories;
(3)the processing of specimens;
(4)the reporting of screening results to physicians and families;
(5)the diagnostic confirmation of positive screening results;
(6)ensuring the availability of treatment and management resources;
(7)educating families about newborn screening; and
(8)carrying out other activities determined appropriate by the Secretary.

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Amendments

2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–240 substituted “consortium” for “consortia” and inserted at end “The plan shall be updated as needed and at least every five years.”

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 300b–14

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110