California AB1063 restricts the use of newborn screening blood tests by law enforcement to specific purposes.

California AB1063 amends the Health and Safety Code to limit the circumstances under which law enforcement can obtain a search warrant for a newborn's physical blood test. The bill specifies that such tests can only be used to obtain DNA of a missing person suspected to be a victim of homicide, child abuse resulting in death, or manslaughter for comparison with the Department of Justice Missing Persons DNA Database and for future identification. Other uses, such as determining a suspect in a crime or creating a DNA database, are prohibited.

California AB1063 restricts the use of newborn screening blood tests by law enforcement to specific purposes.

California AB1063 amends the Health and Safety Code to limit the circumstances under which law enforcement can obtain a search warrant for a newborn's physical blood test. The bill specifies that such tests can only be used to obtain DNA of a missing person suspected to be a victim of homicide, child abuse resulting in death, or manslaughter for comparison with the Department of Justice Missing Persons DNA Database and for future identification. Other uses, such as determining a suspect in a crime or creating a DNA database, are prohibited.