Florida bill would require newborn screenings for rare disease

Florida bill would require newborn screenings for rare disease

A new bill filed in the Florida Legislature on Friday would require newborn screenings for a rare liver disease.House Bill 1335 would require newborns be screened for biliary atresia and that the state implement an education campaign related to the disease.Last year, News 6 reported when the parents of 3-year-old Mattie Beacham, who was eventually diagnosed with biliary atresia, filed a lawsuit against a local pediatrician group. In the lawsuit …