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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 HARDOF-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 
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(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.