PREEMIE Act
Latest action · Jun 9, 2005 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 9, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act or PREEMIE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand and coordinate NIH research on preterm labor and delivery, infant mortality, and low birthweight infants. Establishes the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network and the Neonatal Research Units Network within NIH.
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) expand and coordinate CDC activities on preterm labor and delivery and infant mortality; (2) conduct a study on the relationship between prematurity, birth defects, and developmental disabilities; and (3) review the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Survey.
Requires the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's national longitudinal study of environmental influences on children's health and development to consider the impact of assisted reproduction technologies.
Requires the Director of NIH to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study the health and economic consequences of preterm birth.
Directs the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to assess certain core performance and outcome measures utilized under the Social Security Act for purposes of expanding such measures to include known risk factors of low birthweight and prematurity.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) conduct a demonstration project to improve the provision of information on prematurity to health professionals and the public; (2) conduct projects to support the informational and emotional needs of families during the stay of an infant in a neonatal intensive care unit, during the transition of the infant to the home, and in the event of a newborn death; and (3) establish an Interagency Coordinating Council on Prematurity and Low Birthweight.
Cosponsors 98
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 9, 2005 to Dec 6, 2006, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Jun 9, 2005 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Jun 17, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Jun 17, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Jun 17, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Jun 23, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jun 24, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Sep 28, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Oct 20, 2005 | |
| R-TN | William L. Jenkins | Nov 3, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | Nov 16, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Nov 16, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2005Introduced in House
- Jun 9, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 707 | PREEMIE Act | Related bill | Dec 22, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Agriculture and Food
- Birth defects
- Child development
- Child health
- Child nutrition
- Communicable diseases
- Communication in medicine
- Community health services
- Conferences
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disabled
- Drug abuse
- Economic research
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Epidemiology
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Family services
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to research
- Fetus
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health counseling
- Health education
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Infant mortality
- Infants
- Low birth weight
- Maternal health services
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medical screening
- Medical technology
- Medical tests
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Nutrition
- Performance measurement
- Planning
- Pregnancy
- Pregnant women
- Preventive medicine
- Public health
- Quality of care
- Quality of life
- Reproduction
- Research centers
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Smoking
- Social Welfare
- Stress (Psychology)
- Technology assessment
- Women
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2005Introduced in House
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