SHINE Act
Latest action · Jun 27, 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.
- IntroducedJun 27, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Screening for Health of Infants and Newborns Act or the SHINE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop guidelines that states may follow in reporting data from newborn screening tests.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to develop guidelines to: (1) monitor and evaluate newborn screening activities; and (2) coordinate the results of surveillance activities.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC and the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, to develop a surveillance system for newborn screening.
Directs the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children to advise the Secretary on the guidelines and on monitoring and evaluating newborn screening and surveillance activities.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) direct the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of HRSA to establish a central clearinghouse of current education and family support and services information, materials, resources, research, and data on newborn screening; (2) award grants for demonstration projects that increase state capacity to screen for all of the core conditions; (3) award Hunter Kelly Newborn Screening grants for demonstration projects that develop screening tests for additional newborn conditions or develop multiple markers to increase the specificity of such tests; and (4) appoint an Interagency Grant Review Panel to select grant applications and provide oversight on the grant program.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 27, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 27, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2007Introduced in House
- Jun 27, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Jun 27, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1712 | SHINE Act | Identical bill | Jun 27, 2007 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve newborn screening activities, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- SHINE Act
- Screening for Health of Infants and Newborns Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Family services
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Health education
- Health information systems
- Health surveys
- Hereditary diseases
- Infants
- Internet
- Medical research
- Medical screening
- Medical statistics
- Medical technology
- Medical tests
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Standards
- Web sites
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2007Introduced in House
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