Section 15Sec./Art. 15

Database. - All Newborn Screening Centers shall coordinate with the NIH Newborn Screening Reference Center for consolidation of patient databases. The NIH Newborn Screening Reference Center shall maintain a national database of patients tested and a registry for each condition. It shall submit reports annually to the Committee and to the DOH on the status of and relevant health information derived from the database. A plan for long-term outcome evaluation of newborn screening utilizing the cases registries shall be developed within one (1) year of passage of this Act by the NIH Newborn Screening Reference Center in consultation with the Advisory Committee on Newborn Screening. Implementation of this plan shall become a responsibility of the Advisory Committee on Newborn Screening.