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Article: American College of Medical Genetics Commends the Signing of the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act
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- U.S. Newswire
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- April 25, 2008
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Kathy Beal, MBA of ACMG, +1-301-238-4582, kbeal@acmg.net
BETHESDA, Md., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of
Medical Genetics (ACMG) applauds the signing into law of the Newborn
Screening Saves Lives Act (S.1858) sponsored by Senator Christopher
Dodd (D-CT) and 21 co-sponsors including ACMG's Maryland Senators,
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD). The bill,
signed into law by President George W. Bush on April 24, will expand
screenings of newborn babies for congenital, genetic and metabolic
disorders and will authorize a grant program to expand the funding
to state and local health agencies to provide screening, counseling
and ...