The Western States Regional Genetics Services Collaborative is a federally funded multi-state project that seeks to coordinate and increase access to genetic services among our states and territory. The participating states and territory are: Alaska, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
Our activities aim to improve the health of children with disorders detected by the newborn screening blood test, birth defects and other genetic disorders.
The project is a cooperative agreement between the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Genetic Services Branch and Hawaii Department of Health.
Collaborative Grant #H46MC24091
DOCUMENTS FOR COLLABORATORS
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The Affordable Care Act is a federal statute aimed at decreasing the number of uninsured Americans and reducing the overall costs of health care. Many of its provisions significantly impact children and youth with special health care needs, a population important to the purpose of the Western States Genetic Services Collaborative. For more information about the Affordable Care Act, please click
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For the presentation given by Meg Comeau about the Affordable Care Act and children and youth with special health care needs, click here.
Genetics and Newborn Screening Updates
- Essential Health Benefits Webinar Presented by Global Genes Project
- Webinar on Telegenetics in Hawaii
- UW Professors Develop Newborn Screening Test for Lysosomal Storage Disease
- Cooperative Agreement to Support Navigators in Federally-facilitated and State Partnership Exchanges
- Introduction to NewSTEPs Webinar Available
- ACMG Releases Recommendations for Reporting of Incidental Findings in Clinical Exome and Genome Sequencing
- Funding Opportunity for Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
- Genetics in Primary Care Institute has New Website
- NEW STAR-G Parent Fact Sheet for Critical Congenital Heart Disease
- Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum’s ACA Turns 3 Toolkit
- Webinar on Privacy and Progress in Whole Genome Sequencing
- American Public Health Association’s Health Reform Update