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Senate Bill 709 Printer's Number 1088

PENNSYLVANIA, September 23 - (vii) Any other information the department deems

necessary.

(2) Contact information regarding support programs and

services, including the following:

(i) Information hotlines specific to CMV.

(ii) Relevant resource centers or clearinghouses.

(iii) National and local CMV organizations.

(iv) Educational and support programs.

(b) Form.--The information provided in accordance with this

act shall conform to the applicable standard or standards

provided in the enhanced "National Standards for Culturally and

Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care,"

as adopted by the United States Department of Health and Human

Services and published in the Federal Register on September 24,

2013.

Section 4. Dissemination of information on CMV.

(a) Requirement.--A certified-nurse midwife, direct-entry

midwife or health care practitioner that assumes responsibility

for the prenatal care of a pregnant woman or a woman who may

become pregnant shall provide the educational information

regarding CMV made available by the department under section 3.

(b) Compliance.--Delivery of information prepared by the

department in accordance with section 3 shall constitute

compliance with this section.

Section 5. CMV newborn screening.

(a) General rule.--Except as provided for in subsection

(c), the department shall require a birthing facility or a

certified-nurse midwife, direct-entry midwife or health care

practitioner that assumes care of a newborn child to screen the

newborn child for CMV before the newborn child is 21 days of age

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