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The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2019

Introduced: July 18, 2019 Introduced by: Hassan, Margaret Wood Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 18, 2019
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The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2019

This bill expands and reauthorizes through FY2024 various programs related to the screening of newborns for heritable diseases, including (1) grants to local public health agencies, (2) the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, (3) assessments of the effectiveness of such screenings, and (4) research into new screening technologies.

What's happening now July 18, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5 Republican 2
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 4, 2020
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Nov 21, 2019
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Oct 23, 2019
 D
Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Oct 17, 2019
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Oct 16, 2019
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Sep 23, 2019
McSally, Martha
· Sep 19, 2019
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 18, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2158: The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2158/
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"S. 2158: The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2158/.
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S. 2158, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2158/.
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