California Health and Safety Code

§ 125002

HSC § 125002 Effective Jan 1, 2009Div. 106 · Part 5 · Ch. 1 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)In order to align closely related programs and in order to facilitate research into the causes of, and treatment for, birth defects, the Birth Defects Monitoring Program provided for pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 103825) of Part 2 of Division 102 shall become part of the Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health program provided for in Article 1 (commencing with Section 123225) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 106.

(b)It is the intent of the Legislature that pregnancy blood samples, taken for prenatal screening, shall be stored and made available to any researcher who is approved by the department for the following purposes:

(1)Research to identify risk factors for children’s and women’s diseases.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 680, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.