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  89R5004 EAS-D     By: Hall S.B. No. 1392       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to newborn screening tests for sex chromosome structure.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 33.0022 to read as follows:           Sec.   33.0022.     SEX CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE TEST.   Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department   shall include a sex chromosome structure test in the detection and   treatment program established under this chapter, in the screening   for heritable diseases conducted under Subchapter B, and in the   newborn screening services provided under Subchapter C.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall   implement Section 33.0022, Health and Safety Code, as added by this   Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.