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State mandated testing for newborn babies in order to receive a birth certificate at the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. State law requires all infants to be... State mandated testing for newborn babies in order to receive a birth certificate at the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. State law requires all infants to be tested for metabolic and genetic disorders, as prescribed by the Department of Health and Senior Services. The rule established the collection and submission procedures to be used by health care providers in sending newborn screen specimens to the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory and establishes the fee for the newborn screening”. The use of any other testing/screening vendor is not acceptable by the State of Missouri. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Service is the only entity that can provide the State mandated newborn screening tests.