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37
How many rare diseases Massachusetts screens for
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3
Rare diseases missing: Krabbe, MLD, Duchenne
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15 years
How long results are stored
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$210.86
Required screening fees (see statute below)
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68,718
Annual births
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229
Estimated Diagnoses
Screening in Massachusetts
Does the state have a NBS Advisory Council?
Yes
How is screening funded?
Screen Funds, NBS Fund
Where are the laboratory facilities?
New England NBS Laboratory
Where can I learn more?
More about Massachusetts’s Newborn Screening Program
Number of Screens Explained
MPS-1, Pompe, X-ALD, and SMA are screened through a pilot program.
Screen Fees Explained
Newborn screening fees are charged to the performing institution to cover all expenses of the program, including testing, tracking, and treatment.
Statutes & Regulations
Statutes & Regulations Explained
Statutes and regulations are the collection of rules that govern all newborn screening program components. This includes diseases found on the state screening panel, reporting of test results, newborn screening program guidelines, state committee guidelines, and fees. Statutes and regulations are both enforced under full authority of the law.
Statutes are laws enacted by the state legislative body and signed into law by the governor. They are broadly enforced across the entire state. Regulations are created by state agencies, under authority from statute, to oversee the specific area of the state. For example, a statute will authorize the ability to create a newborn screening fee and the regulation will determine the amount of the fee.
