Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2358 Newborn Hearing Screening
Requester:	Senator Mandy Dawson		Organization:		Florida Senate
Project Title:	Newborn Hearing Screening		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 3:20:55 PM
District Member:	Mandy Dawson		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	{Statewide}
Recipient:	Department of Health		Contact:		Senator Mandy Dawson
	2020 Capitol Circle, SE		Contact Phone:		(850) 487-5112
	Tallahassee 32399
Project Description:
Legislative budget request for funds to cover Medicaid recipients and state employees for universal newborn hearing screening.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
The need for early detection and early identification of hearing loss has been well established by experience and well-documented in the professional literature. Research has shown that impairing loss can be detected by age three months and intervention begun by age six months, then the negative impact of hearing loss on language development can be minimized. The requested funds are intended to assure that recipients of Medicaid and newborns of state employees receive the services of newborn hearing screening and appreciate the benefit of early detection and early intervention when hearing loss is found.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The measurable outcome will focus on service delivery, the number of children found with hearing impairment, and the educational needs of hearing-impaired children. These outcome measures will be obtained through an informational database that currently exists for Children's Medical Service Early Intervention Program and through the database for the state Department of Education. Amount you are requesting from the State for this project this year? The amount requested to be allocated to Medicaid is $1,331,194. This dollar amount is based on a statewide birth rate of 191,000 per year of which 91,680 children will be born under Medicaid coverage. It is also based on a cost of $33 per test. The amount requested for coverage of newborn hearing screening to children born of state employees is $54,204. This figure is based on an annualized birth rate among state employees of 1,642 and $33 per test.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$1,385,398
Total cost of the project:		$1,385,398

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?						No
Was this project previously funded by the State?						Yes
	Fiscal Year:	1998-1999		Amount:		$250,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?						Yes
	Amount:	$1,385,398
	Purpose for future year funding:				Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?					Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?						Yes
	Agency:	Health, Department Of
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?						Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?						Yes
	Documentation:	Infant Hearing Screening Pilot Project 1998-99; Child. Med. Svcs Inf. Hrng. Impair. Pgm;
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						Yes
	Hearing Body:	Florida Legislature
	Meeting Date:	04/01/1998