Md. Code, Health - General § 18-508
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§18–508.
Official statutory text
(a) The Department, in consultation with the Statewide Steering Committee on Sickle Cell Disease, shall establish and implement a system of providing information on the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait to:
(1) An individual who has the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait, including as determined through a newborn screening under § 18–502 of this subtitle; and
(2) If the individual is a minor, the individual’s family.
(b) The Department shall include the following in the information provided under subsection (a) of this section:
(1) How the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait impacts the health of an individual with the trait; and
(2) How the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait is passed from a parent to a child.
(1) An individual who has the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait, including as determined through a newborn screening under § 18–502 of this subtitle; and
(2) If the individual is a minor, the individual’s family.
(b) The Department shall include the following in the information provided under subsection (a) of this section:
(1) How the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait impacts the health of an individual with the trait; and
(2) How the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait is passed from a parent to a child.
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