Sec. 19a-55a. Newborn screening account. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 19a-55a. Newborn screening account. (a) There is established a newborn screening account that shall be a separate nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited into the account. Any balance remaining in said account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the next fiscal year.

      (b) Five hundred thousand dollars of the amount collected pursuant to section 19a-55, in each fiscal year, shall be credited to the newborn screening account, and be available for expenditure by the Department of Public Health for the expenses of the testing required by sections 19a-55 and 19a-59.

      (June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 4; P.A. 06-188, S. 20.)

      History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 06-188 amended Subsec. (b) by increasing moneys available for expenditure by department for expenses of testing required by Secs. 19a-55 and 19a-59 from $345,000 to $500,000, effective July 1, 2006.