PREEMIE Act
Latest action · Sep 29, 2010 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act or the PREEMIE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of NIH with respect to research on the causes and prevention of preterm labor and delivery and the care and treatment of preterm infants; (2) establish within NIH a multicenter clinical program and trans-disciplinary centers for prematurity research; (3) require the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct research, activities, and studies on preterm birth; and (4) require the CDC to award grants for telemedicine demonstration projects for services for high risk pregnancies.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and implement a national science-based consumer education campaign on the prevention of preterm birth; and (2) conduct and report on research studies and demonstration projects for reducing the rate of preterm birth.
Requires the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality of HHS to report annually to the Secretary on a strategic plan for the conduct of preterm birth-related research.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 29, 2010 to Nov 19, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Sep 29, 2010 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Nov 18, 2010 | |
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Nov 19, 2010 |
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 Sep 29, 2010 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2010Introduced in Senate
- Sep 29, 2010Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7809)
- Sep 29, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 S7954 | Christopher J. Dodd D-CT, Lamar Alexander R-TN | Nov 17, 2010 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7809 | Christopher J. Dodd D-CT, Lamar Alexander R-TN | Sep 29, 2010 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- PREEMIE Act
- Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2010Introduced in Senate
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