Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2008

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

4/8/2008--Passed House amended. Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the newborns and infants hearing loss program to include diagnostic services among the services provided. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to assist in the recruitment, retention, education, and training of qualified personnel and health care providers. Includes within the purposes of such program:
(1) prompt evaluation and diagnosis of children referred from screening programs;
(2) appropriate education, audiological, and medical interventions for children identified with hearing loss;
(3) 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
(4) ensuring an adequate supply of qualified personnel to meet the screening, evaluation, and early intervention needs of children. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, to establish a postdoctoral fellowship program to foster research and development in the area of early hearing detection and intervention. Amends the definition of "early intervention" to require that families be given the opportunity to obtain the full range of appropriate early intervention services, educational and program placements, and other options for their child from highly qualified providers. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014 for hearing screening programs and research.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
• and 62 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Thomas Allen [D, ME-1]
  • Rep. Spencer Bachus [R, AL-6]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R, FL-9]
  • Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
  • Rep. David Camp [R, MI-4]
  • Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Thomas Davis [R, VA-11]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]
  • Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R, MI-3]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Bob Etheridge [D, NC-2]
  • Rep. Michael Ferguson [R, NJ-7]
  • Rep. James Forbes [R, VA-4]
  • Rep. Vito Fossella [R, NY-13]
  • Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6]
  • Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D, IL-4]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
  • Rep. William Jefferson [D, LA-2]
  • Rep. Bobby Jindal [R, LA-1]
  • Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
  • Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
  • Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3]
  • Rep. Joseph Knollenberg [R, MI-9]
  • Rep. John Kuhl [R, NY-29]
  • Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8]
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. John McHugh [R, NY-23]
  • Rep. Michael McNulty [D, NY-21]
  • Rep. Tim Murphy [R, PA-18]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Charles Pickering [R, MS-3]
  • Rep. Jon Porter [R, NV-3]
  • Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3]
  • Rep. Thomas Reynolds [R, NY-26]
  • Rep. Michael Rogers [R, MI-8]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
  • Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
  • Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6]
  • Rep. James Walsh [R, NY-25]
  • Rep. Timothy Walz [D, MN-1]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Heather Wilson [R, NM-1]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 2 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1198

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
February 27, 2007		April 08, 2008

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• Apr 09, 2008: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Added to calendar on Apr 08, 2008: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 347..
• Apr 08, 2008: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-565.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Apr 08, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Apr 08, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1198.
• Apr 08, 2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Apr 08, 2008: Mrs. Capps moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Added to calendar on Mar 13, 2008: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote..
• Mar 13, 2008: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Mar 11, 2008: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
• Mar 11, 2008: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Feb 28, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Feb 27, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Introduced on Feb 27, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Education
• Higher education
• Infants
• Medical education
• 35 more
• Recruiting of employees
• Scholarships
• Medicine
• Access to health care
• Authorization
• Budgets
• Child health
• Children
• Communications
• Cost effectiveness
• Data banks
• Deaf
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Disabled
• Executive departments
• Families
• Family services
• Federal aid to research
• Grants-in-aid
• Health policy
• Hearing
• Language and languages
• Medical care
• Medical personnel
• Medical records
• Medical research
• Medical screening
• Medical tests
• Performance measurement
• Policy sciences
• Quality of care
• Research and development
• Research grants
• Science policy
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Blog Coverage

July 03, 2008 RLMDEAF - Why "Medical Intervention" Enclosed in EDHI Bill And Se...

You ought to examine the "Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program" HR 1198 legislation passage closely what it really meant by "medical intervention for children with hearing loss" and "appropriate programs". ...

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July 02, 2008 Let's Block Re-Authorization of "Early Hearing Detection and ...

HR 1198 last April 2008 which enabled the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the post-doctoral research fellowship program to effectively recruit researchers to become involved in early hearing detection and intervention ...

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April 08, 2008 HOUSE PASSES WALSH-CAPPS BILL TO REAUTHORIZE LANDMARK HEARING ...

(Washington DC)- Today Congressman Jim Walsh and Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) celebrated House approval of their legislation to reauthorize the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act (HR 1198). Authored and shepherded through ...

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