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[S. 3199 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3199

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten


                                 An Act


 
   To amend the Public Health Service Act regarding early detection, 
                diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Early Hearing Detection and 
Intervention Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF HEARING LOSS.
    Section 399M of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-1) is 
amended--
        (1) in the section heading, by striking ``infants'' and 
    inserting ``newborns and infants'';
        (2) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems'' 
        and inserting ``screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and 
        intervention programs and systems, and to assist in the 
        recruitment, retention, education, and training of qualified 
        personnel and health care providers,'';
            (B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
        ``(1) To develop and monitor the efficacy of statewide programs 
    and systems for hearing screening of newborns and infants; prompt 
    evaluation and diagnosis of children referred from screening 
    programs; and appropriate educational, audiological, and medical 
    interventions for children identified with hearing loss. Early 
    intervention includes referral to and delivery of information and 
    services by schools and agencies, including community, consumer, 
    and parent-based agencies and organizations and other programs 
    mandated by part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
    Act, which offer programs specifically designed to meet the unique 
    language and communication needs of deaf and hard of hearing 
    newborns, infants, toddlers, and children. Programs and systems 
    under this paragraph shall establish and foster family-to-family 
    support mechanisms that are critical in the first months after a 
    child is identified with hearing loss.''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(3) Other activities may include developing efficient models 
    to ensure that newborns and infants who are identified with a 
    hearing loss through screening receive follow-up by a qualified 
    health care provider, and State agencies shall be encouraged to 
    adopt models that effectively increase the rate of occurrence of 
    such follow-up.'';
        (3) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ``hearing loss 
    screening, evaluation, and intervention programs'' and inserting 
    ``hearing loss screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention 
    programs'';
        (4) in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c), by striking 
    the term ``hearing screening, evaluation and intervention 
    programs'' each place such term appears and inserting ``hearing 
    screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention programs'';
        (5) in subsection (e)--
            (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``ensuring that families 
        of the child'' and all that follows and inserting ``ensuring 
        that families of the child are provided comprehensive, 
        consumer-oriented information about the full range of family 
        support, training, information services, and language and 
        communication options and are given the opportunity to consider 
        and obtain the full range of such appropriate services, 
        educational and program placements, and other options for their 
        child from highly qualified providers.''; and
            (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ``, after rescreening,''; 
        and
        (6) in subsection (f)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``fiscal year 2002'' and 
        inserting ``fiscal years 2011 through 2015'';
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``fiscal year 2002'' and 
        inserting ``fiscal years 2011 through 2015''; and
            (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``fiscal year 2002'' and 
        inserting ``fiscal years 2011 through 2015''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.