The Forgotten Amendment: A Newborn’s Right to Whole Exome Sequencing

The Forgotten Amendment: A Newborn’s Right to Whole Exome Sequencing

By Luke Rosen On December 18, 2014, President Obama signed into law an amendment to the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014 giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services authority to regulate newborn screening tests. Before this amendment was passed, newborn screening polices varied from state to state. The amendment included new tracking…

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