Here’s hoping that lawmakers in the Florida House will have a heart and approve a sensible measure to provide newborn babies with lifesaving screenings for congential heart disease.
SB 1052, sponsored by state Sen. Jeremy Ring, D-Margate, is sailing through the Florida Senate. Unfortunately, state Rep. Ari Porth, D-Coral Springs, is having a tougher time moving the House counterpart, HB.829, through the lower chamber. For the health of Florida’s newborns, the House should press forward with the same zeal as the Senate.
The legislation would ensure all infants receive a pulse-oximetry test, a non-invasive and inexpensive medical procedure that can detect heart problems by monitoring oxygen levels in red blood cells.
