| Advocacy Priorities for the Arkansas Chapter:
Newborn Screening—The Chapter will lead the effort to expand the state’s newborn screening panel from 7 to 29 core conditions.
Birth Defects Surveillance— The Chapter will lead effort to obtain funding for the Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System.
Access to Care— The Chapter will monitor access debate and be prepared to protect MOD populations in the event they are threatened
The Arkansas Chapter successfully advocated for administrative approval to expand the newborn screening program from 7 to all 29 “core” metabolic and functional conditions. Working with Governor Beebe’s office and the Department of Health, the Arkansas Chapter brought a coalition of concerned organizations and individuals together to strongly advocate for expansion of the state’s newborn screening program. According to the Department of Health, expansion is set to occur in 2008.
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