# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 18. Disease Prevention

### Subtitle 5. Sickle Cell Anemia

#### Section 18-508

(a) The Department, in consultation with the Statewide Steering Committee on Sickle Cell Disease, shall establish and implement a system of providing information on the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait to:

  (1) An individual who has the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait, including as determined through a newborn screening under Sec. 18-502 of this subtitle; and

  (2) If the individual is a minor, the individual's family.

(b) The Department shall include the following in the information provided under subsection (a) of this section:

  (1) How the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait impacts the health of an individual with the trait; and

  (2) How the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait is passed from a parent to a child.

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