A baby is born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) every 15 minutes, and a majority of these baby's CHDs go undetected during pregnancy. We don't want to send these babies home too soon! This test saves lives! My daughter Chloe is proof.
I have the support of my local Missouri House Representative Luke Scavuzzo. "Chloe's Law" has been filed and assigned a bill number. The next step is to get other Missouri House Representatives to support it. One way to do that is to have other Missourians contact the House Representative in their district and ask them to support this bill.
I would really appreciate any help I can get! All you have to do is follow the easy steps below!
- You will need your 9 digit zip code to look up your local House Representative. If you do not know it, click here to look it up.
- To find the email and/or mailing address of the House Representative for your district, click here and enter your 9 digit zip code.
- Send an email or letter to your local House Representative, asking him/her to support Chloe's Law - House Bill Number 1604.
- At the bottom of your email or letter, please include your full name and address, especially the 9 digit zip code, so the House Representative knows that you live in his/her district.
If you need ideas on what to say in your email or letter, here is a sample of what my friend wrote:
Dear Representative XXXXXX,
I have a loved one who was born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) in 2008. Nine hours after Chloe was born, her parents felt there was something wrong with her. They strongly urged the nurses to do more testing on Chloe, even though she scored high on the APGAR tests and was not showing any "classic" signs of illness. A few hours later, the nurses finally did a Pulse Oximetry Screening and discovered that Chloe was born with a rare Congenital Heart Defect. The Pulse Oximetry Screening saved Chloe's life.
Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) are America's #1 birth defect. Every 15 minutes, a baby is born with a CHD (American Heart Association). The majority of these baby's CHDs go undetected during pregnancy (like Chloe's). Some babies born with a heart defect need oxygen, medication and surgery immediately, so detecting the heart defect before sending them home can save the baby's life.
Please don't send a baby home from the hospital too soon. Please support House Bill #1604, Chloe's Law, which expands the newborn screening requirements in section 191.331 to include Pulse Oximetry Screening prior to discharge of the newborn from the health care facility.
Thank you for being a voice for our community and supporting Chloe's Law.
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