Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 29, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4209)
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 29, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the newborns and infants hearing loss program to include diagnostic services among the services provided.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to assist in the recruitment, retention, education, and training of qualified personnel and health care providers.
Includes within the purposes of such program: (1) developing efficient models to ensure that newborns and infants who are identified with a hearing loss through screening are not lost to follow-up by a qualified health care provider; and (2) ensuring an adequate supply of qualified personnel to meet the screening, evaluation, and early intervention needs of children.
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, to establish a postdoctoral fellowship program to foster research and development in the area of early hearing detection and intervention.
Amends the definition of "early intervention" to require that families be given the opportunity to obtain the full range of early intervention services, educational and program placements, and other options for their child from highly qualified providers.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 29, 2007 to Sep 29, 2008, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Feb 26, 2008 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Jun 25, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Sep 18, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Sep 29, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 29, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4209)
- Mar 29, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4208-4209)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1198 | Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2008 | Related bill | Apr 9, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Authorization
- Child health
- Cost effectiveness
- Data banks
- Deaf
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Families
- Family services
- Federal aid to research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Hearing
- Higher education
- Infants
- Language and languages
- Medical education
- Medical personnel
- Medical records
- Medical research
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Performance measurement
- Policy sciences
- Quality of care
- Recruiting of employees
- Research and development
- Research grants
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2007Introduced in Senate
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