Jim Kelly, former NFL quarterback for the Buffalo Bills and founder of  Hunter’s Hope Foundation (an organization addressing the acute need for information and research with respect to Krabbe Disease and related leukodystrophies), would like to see more states add tests to their newborn screening requirements.  Kelly lost his son, Hunter, at the age of 8 to Krabbe Leukodystrophy.  The disease would be one of five added to the current newborn screening requirements for New Mexico infants under legislation sponsored by Rep. Rhonda S. King (D-Stanley). The additional screening will test for congenital muscular disorders, rare genetic neurological disorders, and inherited metabolic disorders.  This bill will encourage surrounding states to also adopt a more comprehensive newborn screening panel so that early detection of diseases will foster early treatment before the diseases become fatal. IAFF Local 244 was very proud to support this legislation.