117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4052 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize a program for early detection, diagnosis, and 

treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, 

infants, and young children, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Early Hearing Detec3 tion and Intervention Act of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM FOR EARLY DE5 TECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT RE6 GARDING DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING 

7 NEWBORNS, INFANTS, AND YOUNG CHIL8 DREN. 

9 Section 399M of the Public Health Service Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 280g–1) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘(3)’’ before 

12 ‘‘The term ‘medical evaluation’ ’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (f)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 

15 ‘‘$17,818,000 for fiscal year 2018, $18,173,800 

16 for fiscal year 2019, $18,628,145 for fiscal year 

17 2020, $19,056,592 for fiscal year 2021, and 

18 $19,522,758 for fiscal year 2022’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘$17,818,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

20 through 2027’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking 

22 ‘‘$10,800,000 for fiscal year 2018, $11,026,800 

23 for fiscal year 2019, $11,302,470 for fiscal year 

24 2020, $11,562,427 for fiscal year 2021, and 

25 $11,851,488 for fiscal year 2022’’ and inserting 
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1 ‘‘$10,760,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

2 through 2027’’. 

3 SEC. 3. GAO STUDY ON STATE EARLY HEARING DETECTION 

4 AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 

6 United States shall conduct a study reviewing State early 

7 hearing detection and intervention (in this section referred 

8 to as ‘‘EHDI’’) programs. Such study shall— 

9 (1) analyze how information collected through 

10 such programs informs what is known about EHDI 

11 activities to ensure that newborns, infants, and 

12 young children have access to timely hearing 

13 screenings and early interventions, including infor14 mation on any disparities in such access; 

15 (2) analyze what is known about how parents 

16 use State EHDI websites to seek health and pro17 grammatic guidance related to their child’s hearing 

18 loss diagnosis; and 

19 (3) identify efforts and any promising practices 

20 of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

21 the Health Resources and Services Administration, 

22 the National Institute on Deafness and Other Com23 munication Disorders, and State EHDI programs— 
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1 (A) to address disparities in outreach for, 

2 or access to, timely hearing screenings and 

3 early interventions; and 

4 (B) to ensure that EHDI follow-up serv5 ices are communicated and made available to 

6 medically underserved populations, including ra7 cial and ethnic minorities. 

8 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

10 shall— 

11 (1) complete the study under subsection (a) and 

12 submit a report on the results of the study to— 

13 (A) the Committee on Energy and Com14 merce of the House of Representatives; and 

15 (B) the Committee on Health, Education, 

16 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and 

17 (2) make such report publicly available. 

Passed the Senate December 1, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4052 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize a program for early detection, diagand for other purposes. hearing newborns, infants, and young children, nosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-