Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007

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.

2/15/2007--Introduced.
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.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
• and 16 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. B. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
  • Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
  • Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO]
  • Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
  • Sen. Norm Coleman [R, MN]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
  • Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]
  • Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN]
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.634

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
February 15, 2007

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• Feb 15, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Feb 15, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2082)
• Introduced on Feb 15, 2007.
• Feb 15, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2082)

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Auflage), S. 634. Wiggershaus gibt in “Die Frankfurter Schule” eine ganz gute Zusamenfassung des “Positivismusstreites”, ich hoffe, daß seine Wiedergabe der Position Poppers korrekt ist und bitte, wenn nicht, um Korrektur. ...

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