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	Amend CSHB 1672 (House Committee Report) as follows:                         

(1)  Strike page 1, line 7, through page 2, line 10, and 	substitute the following:
	Sec. 33.0111.  AUTHORIZATION. (a) The department shall 
develop an authorization statement that allows the parent, managing 
conservator, or guardian of a newborn child subjected to screening 
tests under Section 33.011 to authorize the department or a 
laboratory established or approved by the department under Section 
33.016 to retain for use by the department or laboratory genetic 
material used to conduct the newborn screening tests.
	(b)  At the time a newborn child is subjected to screening 
tests under Section 33.011, the physician attending a newborn child 
or the person attending the delivery of a newborn child that is not 
attended by a physician shall provide the parent, managing 
conservator, or guardian of a newborn child a copy of the written 
authorization statement developed by the department under this 
section.
	Sec. 33.0112.  STATEMENT AUTHORIZING RETENTION OF GENETIC 
MATERIAL.  (a)  A parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a 
newborn child may file with the department a written statement 
authorizing the department or a laboratory established or approved 
by the department to retain any genetic material related to the 
newborn screening tests conducted under this subchapter.
	(b)  Not later than the 60th day after the date an analysis of 
a specimen submitted under Section 33.011 is complete, the 
department or laboratory shall destroy the genetic material used in 
the screening tests unless the department receives a written 
statement authorizing the department or laboratory to retain the 
material.
	(2)  On page 4, line 14, strike "disclosure" and substitute 
"authorization".