# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 13. Miscellaneous Health Care Programs

### Subtitle 6. Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program

#### Section 13-604

(a) The Secretary may contract with any qualified person to administer the Program.

(b) The Secretary shall:

  (1) Develop a system to gather and maintain data;

  (2) Develop methods to:

    (i) Contact parents or guardians of newborns and their identified primary care providers regarding the results of the newborn hearing screening;

    (ii) Contact parents or guardians of newborns and infants who have, or are at risk for developing, a permanent hearing status that affects speech-language skills; and

    (iii) Ensure families are referred to appropriate services;

  (3) Establish a toll-free telephone line to communicate information about hearing status that affects speech-language skills and services for infants who have, or are at risk for developing, a permanent hearing status that affects speech-language skills;

  (4) Appoint an Advisory Council for the Program;

  (5) Meet annually with the Advisory Council; and

  (6) In consultation with the Advisory Council, adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the Program.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)