3.0.0 634 2023-01-11T19:57:50Z 2023-01-11T19:57:50Z Senate S S 2007-02-15 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-02-15T20:16:30Z Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 110 1634 HR 2007-03-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 110 1858 S 2008-04-24 Became Public Law No: 110-204. Related bill CRS 2007-02-15 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2083-2085) IntroReferral 2007-02-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2082) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2007-02-15 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-02-16 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-02-16 False L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2007-02-27 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-02-28 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-03-01 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2007-03-05 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-03-05 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2007-03-05 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-03-06 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2007-03-12 False B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2007-03-23 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2007-03-28 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-04-16 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2007-05-03 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-05-24 False 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 Protection Environmental health Epidemiology Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Genetic counseling Government Operations and Politics 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 Health 00 2007-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-03T22:17:21Z 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.

]]> Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 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. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s634is/xml/BILLS-110s634is.xml 2007-02-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2083-2085) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.