PRINTER'S NO. 734
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
683
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, KINSEY, BULLOCK, SCHLOSSBERG, MURT,
V. BROWN, D. COSTA AND SCHWEYER, MARCH 3, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MARCH 3, 2017
AN ACT
Providing for sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait testing.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Sickle Cell
Testing Act.
Section 2. Testing.
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), an
individual 18 years of age or older shall be tested for sickle
cell disease or sickle cell trait and notified of the results of
the test.
(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to any of
the following:
(1) An individual who, as part of the act of September
9, 1965 (P.L.497, No.251), known as the Newborn Child Testing
Act, was tested for sickle cell disease and is able to
document the individual's status.
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(2) An individual who is able to provide medical
documentation of the individual's status of sickle cell
disease or sickle cell trait.
(3) An individual who is sterile or who is not capable
of having children.
(4) An individual who refuses to be tested based on
religious beliefs.
Section 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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