Minnesota Agencies

Collects information and provide advice and recommendations to the Commissioner of Health concerning tests and treatments for heritable and congenital disorders found in newborn children.

The Heritable and Congenital Disorders Advisory Committee was reviewed by the Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy (LCPFP) in 2013 as part of their biennial duty required by Minn. Stat. 3.885 Subd. 11. The LCPFP's 2013 Recommendations called for keeping the committee.

At least one member from each of the following groups: parents and other consumers, primary care providers, clinicians and researchers specializing in newborn diseases and disorders, genetic counselors, birth hospital representatives, newborn screening laboratory professionals, nutritionists, and other experts representing fields in emerging technologies and health insurance.

Commissioner of Health