3.0.0 1440 2023-01-11T13:22:35Z 2023-01-11T13:22:35Z Senate S S 2011-07-28 112 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2012-11-16T16:07:44Z Referred to 2012-11-16T17:53:39Z sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2012-09-19T19:22:55Z Markup by 2012-09-19T17:04:14Z Referred to 2011-07-28T17:20:00Z MAP-21 112 14 HR 2012-03-21 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Science, Space, and Technology, the Budget, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS PREEMIE Reauthorization Act 112 2679 HR 2011-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2012-12-19 Senate Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill. Floor 2012-12-19 13:30:18 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. Floor H38800 2 House floor actions 2012-12-19 13:30:15 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2012-12-19 13:30:11 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7296-7298) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2012-12-19 13:30:11 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7296-7298) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2012-12-19 13:02:38 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1440. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2012-12-19 13:02:36 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7296-7301) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2012-12-19 13:02:06 Mr. Pitts moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2012-11-16 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2012-11-16 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2012-11-16 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2012-11-16 09:50:57 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2012-11-15 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S6869-6870) Floor 2012-11-15 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S6869-6870) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2012-11-15 Senate The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6869) Floor 2012-11-15 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6868-6870; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S6868-6869) Floor 2012-09-19 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516. Calendars 2012-09-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Harkin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2012-09-19 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Harkin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee 2012-09-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2011-07-28 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-07-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2011-07-28 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2011-09-06 False H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2011-09-07 False L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2011-09-08 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2011-10-18 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-10-20 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2011-10-20 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2011-10-20 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2011-10-31 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2011-11-02 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2011-11-08 False B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2011-11-08 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2011-11-14 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2011-11-15 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-11-28 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2011-11-29 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-12-01 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2011-12-08 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-12-08 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2012-01-24 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2012-03-07 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2012-06-11 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2012-07-16 False Health Advisory bodies Birth defects Child health Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care quality Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Hospital care Medicaid Medical research Women's health Health 00 2011-07-28 Introduced in Senate 2011-09-21T20:03:19Z Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act or the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to 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 NIH activities with respect to research on the causes of preterm labor and delivery, tools to detect, prevent, or reduce prevalence of preterm labor and delivery, and the care and treatment of preterm infants.

Establishes within NIH a multicenter clinical program to investigate problems in clinical obstetrics, improve the care and outcomes of neonates, and enhance the understanding of DNA and proteins as they relate to the underlying processes that lead to preterm birth.

Requires the Director to award grants for planning, establishing, improving, and providing basic operating support for transdisciplinary research centers for prematurity.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Surgeon General, to establish and implement a national science-based provider and consumer education campaign on promoting healthy pregnancies and preventing preterm birth.

Reauthorizes provisions related to research on prematurity and preterm births and sets forth specific areas for such research.

Requires the Director of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth to award grants to establish demonstration projects for: (1) obstetrical services for high risk women of child bearing age remotely using telehealth; and (2) educational activities regarding risk factors for preterm birth.

Expands a demonstration project to inform health care providers and the public and improve treatment and outcome for babies born preterm.

Requires the Secretary to establish the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality.

Requires a study on hospital readmissions of preterm births.

]]> 35 2012-11-15 Passed Senate amended 2012-12-13T21:57:02Z Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act or PREEMIE Reauthorization Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act to revise and reauthorize requirements for research on prematurity and preterm births.

Authorizes the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) conduct epidemiological studies (as currently required) on the clinical, biological, social, environmental, genetic, and behavioral factors related to prematurity, as appropriate; (2) conduct activities to improve national data to facilitate tracking preterm births; and (3) continue efforts to prevent preterm birth through the identification of opportunities for prevention and the assessment of their impact.

(Sec. 3) Requires the Director of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth to give preference in awarding grants to an eligible entity that proposes to use the grant funds to develop plans for, or to establish, telehealth networks that provide prenatal care for high-risk pregnancies.

Revises and reauthorizes through FY2017 the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct demonstration projects related to preterm births.

Includes as activities under such projects programs to test and evaluate various strategies to provide information and education to health care providers and the public on: (1) the core risk factors for preterm labor and delivery, medically indicated deliveries before full term, (2) the importance of preconception and prenatal care, (3) treatments and outcomes for premature infants, (4) meeting the informational needs of families during the stay of an infant in a neonatal intensive care unit, and (5) utilization of evidence-based strategies to prevent birth injuries.

Authorizes among such projects as well programs to increase the availability, awareness, and use of pregnancy and post-term information services that provide evidence-based, clinical information through counselors, community outreach efforts, electronic or telephonic communication, or other appropriate means regarding causes associated with prematurity, birth defects, or health risks to a post-term infant.

(Sec. 4) Repeals establishment of the Interagency Coordinating Council on Prematurity and Low Birthweight.

Authorizes the Secretary to establish the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality. Directs the Advisory Committee (or an existing advisory committee designated by the Secretary) to develop, and periodically review and revise, a plan for conducting and supporting research, education, and programs on preterm birth through HHS.

Requires the Secretary to designate an appropriate agency within HHS to coordinate existing studies and report to the Secretary and Congress on hospital readmissions of preterm infants.

]]> 36 2012-12-19 Passed House amended 2013-01-17T17:50:33Z Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act or PREEMIE Reauthorization Act - Title I: Prematurity Research Expansion and Education For Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early - (Sec. 101) Amends the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act to revise and reauthorize requirements for research on prematurity and preterm births.

Authorizes the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) conduct epidemiological studies (as currently required) on the clinical, biological, social, environmental, genetic, and behavioral factors related to prematurity, as appropriate; (2) conduct activities to improve national data to facilitate tracking preterm births; and (3) continue efforts to prevent preterm birth through the identification of opportunities for prevention and the assessment of their impact.

(Sec. 102) Requires the Director of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth to give preference in awarding grants to an eligible entity that proposes to use the grant funds to develop plans for, or to establish, telehealth networks that provide prenatal care for high-risk pregnancies.

Revises and reauthorizes through FY2017 the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct demonstration projects related to preterm births.

Includes as activities under such projects programs to test and evaluate various strategies to provide information and education to health care providers and the public on: (1) the core risk factors for preterm labor and delivery, (2) medically indicated deliveries before full term, (3) the importance of preconception and prenatal care, (4) treatments and outcomes for premature infants, (5) meeting the informational needs of families during the stay of an infant in a neonatal intensive care unit, and (6) utilization of evidence-based strategies to prevent birth injuries.

Authorizes among such projects as well programs to increase the availability, awareness, and use of pregnancy and post-term information services that provide evidence-based, clinical information through counselors, community outreach efforts, electronic or telephonic communication, or other appropriate means regarding causes associated with prematurity, birth defects, or health risks to a post-term infant.

(Sec. 103) Repeals establishment of the Interagency Coordinating Council on Prematurity and Low Birthweight.

Authorizes the Secretary to establish the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality. Directs the Advisory Committee (or an existing advisory committee designated by the Secretary) to develop, and periodically review and revise, a plan for conducting and supporting research, education, and programs on preterm birth through HHS.

Requires the Secretary to designate an appropriate agency within HHS to coordinate existing studies and report to the Secretary and Congress on hospital readmissions of preterm infants.

Title II: National Pediatric Research Network - (Sec. 201) Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in carrying out the Pediatric Research Initiative, to act through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to provide for the establishment of a National Pediatric Research Network.

Authorizes the Director of NIH to award funding to public or private nonprofit entities for: (1) establishing or strengthening pediatric research consortia; and (2) providing support for such consortia, including to meet unmet pediatric research needs and train researchers in pediatric research techniques. Authorizes the Director of NIH to make awards for not more than eight pediatric research consortia, with a minimum of one pediatric research consortium that prioritizes collaboration with institutions serving rural areas. Authorizes the Director of NIH to make awards for more than eight pediatric research consortia based on a finding of need by the Director, after giving written notice to Congress. Requires such consortia to: (1) be formed from a collaboration of cooperating institutions, (2) be coordinated by a lead institution, (3) agree to disseminate scientific findings rapidly and efficiently, and (4) meet requirements prescribed by the Director of NIH. Allows such support to be for a period of up to five years with additional extensions by the Director of NIH.

Requires the Director of NIH to provide for the coordination of activities among the consortia and to require the periodic preparation and submission of reports on their activities. Requires each consortium to provide assistance to the CDC in the establishment or expansion of patient registries and other surveillance systems as appropriate and upon request by the CDC Director.

Requires the Director of NIH to ensure that an appropriate number of such awards are awarded to consortia that agree to: (1) focus primarily on pediatric rare diseases or conditions; and (2) conduct or coordinate multi-site clinical trials of therapies for, or approaches to, the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of pediatric rare diseases or conditions.

Title III: Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization - (Sec. 301) Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend and reauthorize through FY2017 appropriations for payments associated with operating approved graduate medical residency (GME) training programs.

]]> PREEMIE Reauthorization Act Display Title PREEMIE Reauthorization Act 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Passed House Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act H House Short Titles as Passed House PREEMIE Reauthorization Act H House Short Titles as Passed Senate PREEMIE Reauthorization Act S Senate Short Titles as Passed Senate Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act S Senate Short Titles as Reported to Senate PREEMIE Reauthorization Act S Senate Short Titles as Reported to Senate Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act S Senate Short Titles as Introduced Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act Short Titles as Introduced PREEMIE Reauthorization Act 2926 112 SAMDT To strike provisions relating to the National Institutes of Health. 2022-02-03T05:55:39Z 2012-11-15 Amendment SA 2926 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 2926 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/112th-congress/senate-amendment/2926 A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2012-11-15T05:00:00Z 2012-11-15T05:00:00Z Senate 112 S Senate S 1440 PREEMIE Reauthorization Act 2023-01-11T13:22:35Z 6 2012-11-15 0 Senate Amendment SA 2926 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2012-11-15 0 Senate Amendment SA 2926 proposed by Senator Landrieu for Senator Alexander. (consideration: CR S6869-6870; text: CR S6869) To strike provisions relating to the National Institutes of Health. Floor 2012-11-15 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 2926 proposed by Senator Landrieu for Senator Alexander.(consideration: CR S6869-6870; text: CR S6869) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2012-11-15 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 2926 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 2012-11-15 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Engrossed Amendment House 2012-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1440eah/xml/BILLS-112s1440eah.xml Engrossed in Senate 2012-11-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1440es/xml/BILLS-112s1440es.xml Referred in House 2012-11-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1440rfh/xml/BILLS-112s1440rfh.xml Reported to Senate 2012-09-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1440rs/xml/BILLS-112s1440rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1440is/xml/BILLS-112s1440is.xml 2012-12-19 Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill. 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.