H. R. 7189 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 

An Act 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a national congenital heart 

disease research, surveillance, and awareness program, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Congenital Heart Futures 

Reauthorization Act of 2024’’. 

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE RESEARCH, SURVEILLANCE, AND AWARENESS PROGRAM. 

Section 399V–2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

280g–13) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 

(g) and (h), respectively; 

(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

‘‘(f) REPORT AND STRATEGY.— 

‘‘(1) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 

enactment of the Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization 

Act of 2024, the Secretary shall issue a report to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

of the Senate including the following: 

‘‘(A) A description of past and present activities of 

the Department of Health and Human Services to increase 

awareness and knowledge of the public with respect to 

congenital heart disease, including efforts to address the 

lifelong needs of congenital heart disease patients. 

‘‘(B) An assessment of past and present activities of 

the Department of Health and Human Services to increase 

education and training of health care providers with respect 

to congenital heart disease, including efforts to address 

the lifelong needs of congenital heart disease patients. 

‘‘(C) A description of the current workforce capacity 

in the United States of health care providers who treat 

adult patients living with congenital heart disease. 

‘‘(2) STRATEGY.— ‘‘(A) DEVELOPMENT; SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not 

later than 1 year after submitting the report required 

by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall develop and submit 

to Congress a strategy for improving efforts to increase 

awareness and knowledge of the public and education and 

training of health care providers with respect to congenital 
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heart disease. Such strategy shall include findings and 

recommendations to— 

‘‘(i) address any public awareness and research 

gaps and opportunities related to the lifelong needs 

of congenital heart disease patients, including longterm health outcomes, quality of life, mental health, 

and health care utilization; 

‘‘(ii) address any shortages in the current workforce 

of health care providers who treat adult patients living 

with congenital heart disease, which may include 

strategies to enhance fellowship training programs or 

other continuing education programs; and 

‘‘(iii) foster collaboration and dissemination of 

information across Federal agencies, health care providers, researchers, and patient organizations. 

‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—In developing the strategy under 

subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, as appropriate, consult with qualified stakeholder groups, including patient 

organizations, health care professionals, research entities, 

health insurance providers, accrediting organizations, and 

relevant Federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of 

Health, and the Health Resources and Services Administration.’’; and 

(3) in subsection (h), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘2020 

through 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 through 2029’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.