Prenatal screening program

Healthcare provider speaking with patient

Prenatal Screening Portal Resources

The page includes California Prenatal Screening (PNS) Program resources related to the CalGenetic Portal.

CalGenetic Portal Training Videos

Prenatal care providers and their staff have access to four videos below that provide step-by-step instructions for using the CalGenetic Portal to create a profile and view prenatal screening results for the California Prenatal Screening (PNS) Program. The videos explain how to do the following:

Providers can create, access, and manage their user profile
Providers create and manage their delegates’ access
All users search, view, and download prenatal screening results
Delegates create and access their user profile once an invitation from their managing provider is received

For questions, comments, or help regarding your CalGenetic Portal account, please send us an email at pns@cdph.ca.gov with your username and any screenshots of error pages.

Please visit our CalGenetic YouTube Playlist to access full-screen versions of the following embedded videos.

Preview	Description	Intended Audience
	Title: CalGenetic Portal: User Access and Profile Management for Licensed Clinicians Published: 8/10/2022 Duration: 10:14 Description: This video provides instructions on how to create a new account, manage your profile demographics, and associated facilities.	For: Prenatal care providers* Note: The ‘Your Profile’ page will only be visible to Physicians, Osteopaths, Physicians Assistants, Licensed Midwives, Nurse Midwives, and Nurse Practitioners
	Title: CalGenetic Portal: Manage Delegates- only for Doctors (MD and DO) Published: 8/6/2022 Duration: 9:49 Description: This video provides instructions for Physicians and Osteopaths to add, edit, and renew delegates, and how to remove delegate access rights.	For: Physicians and Osteopaths
	Title: CalGenetic Portal: Search, View, and Download Results Published: 5/6/2022 Duration: 5:36 Description: This video provides instructions on how to Search, View, and Download Screening Results.	For: Prenatal care providers*
	Title: CalGenetic Portal: Access Delegate Account, Search, View, and Download Results Published: 5/6/2022 Duration: 7:26 Description: This video provides instructions for delegates to access their account and how to search, view, and download screening results. Authorization to use portal is based on Provider license and delegation.	For: Delegates
	Title: CalGenetic Portal: Submit Orders Published: 8/29/2022 Duration: 10:08 Description: This video provides instructions to submit orders on the CalGenetic Portal.	For: Prenatal care providers*

*Prenatal care providers include the following professions: Physicians, Osteopaths, Physicians Assistants, Licensed Midwives, Nurse Midwives, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Temporary RN Licensees, Clinician Nurse Specialists, Nurse Anesthetists, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses, Public Health Nurses.

PNS Program Changes

The PNS Program is changing later in 2022 to add cfDNA Screening as a primary screening test and to allow for screening test ordering through the CalGenetic Portal. Please see the PNS Program Provider FAQ web page for more information.

New! Summary of Prenatal Screening Program Changes (PDF, 2 pages)

cfDNA Laboratory Instructions

Provider Access to the CalGenetic Portal Chart

The chart below shows access to the CalGenetic portal, by profession.

Professions	All access with license verified by IDEAL*	All access with license verified by IDEAL*	Can access results as licensed users?	Can place orders as licensed users?	Can place orders as delegates?	Can add delegates?
Physicians and Surgeons	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes
Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes
Licensed Midwife	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	No
Physician Assistant	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	No
Nurse Midwife	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	No
Nurse Practitioner	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	No
Registered Nurse	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	No
Temporary Registered Nurse License	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	No
Clinician Nurse Specialist	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	No
Public Health Nurse	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	No
Genetic Counselors	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	No
Office and Medical Assistants	-	-	-	-	Yes	No

* Interoperability Development Effort to Authenticate Licensees (IDEAL) is used by Medical Board of California to authenticate and support access to the CalGenetic Portal

Note: Delegates are all staff members, including office and medical assistants, that a licensed clinician (MD/DO) allows access to the CalGenetic Portal. Delegates generally do not have a professional license and therefore do not go through IDEAL verification on the CalGenetic Portal.

Outcome of Pregnancy

The Confidential Report of an Outcome of Pregnancy collects information on pregnancy and the outcome of pregnancy from healthcare providers who cared for a birthing parent with services related to prenatal screening. The California Code of Regulations (Title 17, Section 6527) require that this information be provided because it is essential to the analysis of the effectiveness of the policies and practices adopted by the California Prenatal Screening Program at the Genetic Disease Screening Program (GDSP).

It is mandatory that healthcare professionals completing this report provide complete and accurate information. The records maintained by GDSP are confidential as defined in Civil Code 1798.3 and are exempt from access by any individual except licensed medical personnel designated by the subject. It will be used for public health surveillance, Prenatal Screening Program evaluation, and special studies as defined in Health and Safety Code 100330. It is permitted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations.

GDSP has conducted the Confidential Report of an Outcome of Pregnancy survey for more than two decades. In June 2021, GDSP launched a secure online portal where the Confidential Report of an Outcome of Pregnancy can be completed and submitted online.