Florida HB 1089: Newborn Screenings

• Comprehensive Screening
   
• Mandating DMD Screening
   
• Flag Newborns for Further Testing
   
• Early Detection Saves Lives
   

An act relating to newborn screenings beginning on a specified date, providing that the Department of Health's rules must require certain newborns to be screened for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

It aims to end the exhausting journey that patients and their families undertake to find a diagnosis, such as for DMD, a process often referred to as a diagnostic odyssey.