Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 15, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2083-2085)
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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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.
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 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2007 to May 24, 2007; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Feb 16, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Feb 16, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Mar 6, 2007 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Mar 12, 2007 | |
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | May 24, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 15, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2082)
- Feb 15, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2083-2085)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2082–S2085Text printed S2083–S2085 | Christopher J. Dodd D-CT (text), Orrin G. Hatch R-UT | Feb 15, 2007 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1634 | Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 | Related bill | Mar 22, 2007 |
| S 1858 | Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 | Related bill | Apr 24, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 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.
- Feb 15, 2007Introduced in Senate
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