Sec. 33.0165.  MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR NEWBORN SCREENING LABORATORY SERVICES.  (a)  In this section, "newborn screening laboratory services" means the performance of tests to analyze specimens collected as part of the newborn screenings performed under this subchapter.
(b)  Notwithstanding Section 12.0122 or other law, the department may enter into a mutual aid agreement to provide newborn screening laboratory services to another state and to receive newborn screening laboratory services from another state in the event of an unexpected interruption of service, including an interruption caused by a disaster.
(c)  Each mutual aid agreement under Subsection (b) shall include provisions:
(1)  to address the confidentiality of the identity of the newborn child and the newborn child's family; and
(2)  to ensure the return of blood specimens and related records to the state that received the newborn screening laboratory services.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 109 (H.B. 1671), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Health and Safety Code, Section 12.01221 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0015, eff. April 2, 2015.