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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4052 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.4052

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two

                                 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.

    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 ``Early Hearing Detection and 
Intervention Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM FOR EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND 
TREATMENT REGARDING DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING NEWBORNS, INFANTS, AND 
YOUNG CHILDREN.
    Section 399M of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-1) is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (e), by inserting ``(3)'' before ``The term 
    `medical evaluation'''; and
        (2) in subsection (f)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$17,818,000 for fiscal 
        year 2018, $18,173,800 for fiscal year 2019, $18,628,145 for 
        fiscal year 2020, $19,056,592 for fiscal year 2021, and 
        $19,522,758 for fiscal year 2022'' and inserting ``$17,818,000 
        for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$10,800,000 for fiscal 
        year 2018, $11,026,800 for fiscal year 2019, $11,302,470 for 
        fiscal year 2020, $11,562,427 for fiscal year 2021, and 
        $11,851,488 for fiscal year 2022'' and inserting ``$10,760,000 
        for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027''.
SEC. 3. GAO STUDY ON STATE EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION 
PROGRAMS.
    (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study reviewing State early hearing detection and 
intervention (in this section referred to as ``EHDI'') programs. Such 
study shall--
        (1) analyze how information collected through such programs 
    informs what is known about EHDI activities to ensure that 
    newborns, infants, and young children have access to timely hearing 
    screenings and early interventions, including information on any 
    disparities in such access;
        (2) analyze what is known about how parents use State EHDI 
    websites to seek health and programmatic guidance related to their 
    child's hearing loss diagnosis; and
        (3) identify efforts and any promising practices of the Centers 
    for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and 
    Services Administration, the National Institute on Deafness and 
    Other Communication Disorders, and State EHDI programs--
            (A) to address disparities in outreach for, or access to, 
        timely hearing screenings and early interventions; and
            (B) to ensure that EHDI follow-up services are communicated 
        and made available to medically underserved populations, 
        including racial and ethnic minorities.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General shall--
        (1) complete the study under subsection (a) and submit a report 
    on the results of the study to--
            (A) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (B) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
        of the Senate; and
        (2) make such report publicly available.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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