Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 22, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedMar 21, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to awards grants to eligible entities to: (1) provide education and training in newborn screening and congenital, genetic, and metabolic disorders to health care professionals and newborn screening laboratory personnel; (2) develop educational programs about newborn screening for parents, families, and patient advocacy and support groups; and (3) establish operate a system to assess and coordinate treatment relating to congenital, genetic, and metabolic disorders.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a national contingency plan for newborn screening for use in the event of a public health emergency that results in disruption of newborn screening services.
Requires the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children to: (1) recommend a uniform screening panel for newborn screening programs that includes the heritable disorders for which all newborns should be screened; and (2) develop a model decision-matrix for newborn screening program expansion.
Directs the Secretary to adopt or reject recommendations by the Advisory Committee.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to: (1) provide for quality assurance for screening laboratories; (2) provide for population-based pilot testing for evaluating new screening tools; (3) collect, analyze, and make available data on certain heritable disorders; and (4) operate regional centers for the conduct of applied epidemiological research on the prevention of such disorders.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 21, 2007 to Sep 19, 2007, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Original | Mar 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Aug 3, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 21, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 21, 2007Referred 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 634 | Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 | Related bill | Feb 15, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Ambulatory care
- Authorization
- Birth defects
- Clinical trials
- Communication in medicine
- Conferences
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Demography
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Epidemiology
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to Indians
- Genetic counseling
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health education
- Health planning
- Hereditary diseases
- Higher education
- Hospitals
- Indian medical care
- Infants
- Medical education
- Medical laboratories
- Medical research
- Medical screening
- Medical statistics
- Medical supplies
- Medical technology
- Medical tests
- Minorities
- Minority health
- Nonprofit organizations
- Nursing education
- Preventive medicine
- Quality of care
- Research grants
- Risk
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Technological innovations
- Technology transfer
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2007Introduced in House
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