§ 18-508
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§18–508.
(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.