Are healthcare providers required to maintain documentation that the Disclosure/Destruction Directive Form has been provided?
Healthcare providers are currently only required to indicate on the newborn screening specimen demographic form that the Disclosure/Destruction Directive Form has been provided to the parent, legal guardian, or managing conservator. House Bill 1672, from the 2009 regular session of the Texas Legislature, requires DSHS to establish a procedure for providers to verify that the form has been provided as required. The check-box on the label, discussed above, is the method DSHS has chosen to fulfill that requirement. The new law does not speak to recordkeeping, by the provider or DSHS, regarding the giving of the forms to parents/legal guardians/managing conservators by providers or other persons attending the birth.
