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Union Calendar No. 347 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1198 

[Report No. 110–565] 

To amend the Public Health Service Act regarding early detection, diagnosis, 

and treatment of hearing loss. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2007 

Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. WALSH of New York, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 

EHLERS, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MCNULTY, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, 

Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. 

KUHL of New York, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. ESHOO, and Mr. BACHUS) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

APRIL 8, 2008 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. PORTER, Mr. FORBES, Mr. ALLEN, 

Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. KING

of New York, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. HONDA, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. 

DOYLE, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. JINDAL, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. MARSHALL, Mrs. 

WILSON of New Mexico, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, 

Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 

ISRAEL, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. CAMP of Michigan, 

Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. REYNOLDS, and Mr. 

WYNN

APRIL 8, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 


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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 27, 2007] 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act regarding early 

detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Early Hearing Detection 

5 and Intervention Act of 2008’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT 

7 OF HEARING LOSS. 

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

9 U.S.C. 280g–1) is amended— 

10 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘IN11 FANTS’’ and inserting ‘‘NEWBORNS AND IN12 FANTS’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

15 by striking ‘‘screening, evaluation and interven16 tion programs and systems’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and interven18 tion programs and systems, and to assist in the 

19 recruitment, retention, education, and training 


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1 of qualified personnel and health care pro2 viders,’’; 

3 (B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

4 follows: 

5 ‘‘(1) To develop and monitor the efficacy of state6 wide programs and systems for hearing screening of 

7 newborns and infants; prompt evaluation and diag8 nosis of children referred from screening programs; 

9 and appropriate educational, audiological, and med10 ical interventions for children identified with hearing 

11 loss. Early intervention includes referral to and deliv12 ery of information and services by schools and agen13 cies, including community, consumer, and parent14 based agencies and organizations and other programs 

15 mandated by part C of the Individuals with Disabil16 ities Education Act, which offer programs specifically 

17 designed to meet the unique language and commu18 nication needs of deaf and hard of hearing newborns, 

19 infants, toddlers, and children. Programs and systems 

20 under this paragraph shall establish and foster fam21 ily-to-family support mechanisms that are critical in 

22 the first months after a child is identified with hear23 ing loss.’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(3) To develop efficient models to ensure that 

2 newborns and infants who are identified with a hear3 ing loss through screening receive follow-up by a 

4 qualified health care provider. These models shall be 

5 evaluated for their effectiveness, and State agencies 

6 shall be encouraged to adopt models that effectively 

7 increase the rate of occurrence of such follow-up. 

8 ‘‘(4) To ensure an adequate supply of qualified 

9 personnel to meet the screening, evaluation, diagnosis, 

10 and early intervention needs of children.’’; 

11 (3) in subsection (b)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘hear13 ing loss screening, evaluation, and intervention 

14 programs’’ and inserting ‘‘hearing loss screening, 

15 evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention pro16 grams’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘for purposes of this 

19 section, continue’’ and insert the following: 

20 ‘‘for purposes of this section— 

21 ‘‘(A) continue’’; 

22 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

23 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

24 (iii) by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(B) establish a postdoctoral fellowship pro2 gram to foster research and development in the 

3 area of early hearing detection and interven4 tion.’’; 

5 (4) in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c), 

6 by striking the term ‘‘hearing screening, evaluation 

7 and intervention programs’’ each place such term ap8 pears and inserting ‘‘hearing screening, evaluation, 

9 diagnosis, and intervention programs’’; 

10 (5) in subsection (e)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘ensuring 

12 that families of the child’’ and all that follows 

13 and inserting ‘‘ensuring that families of the child 

14 are provided comprehensive, consumer-oriented 

15 information about the full range of family sup16 port, training, information services, and lan17 guage and communication options and are given 

18 the opportunity to consider and obtain the full 

19 range of such appropriate services, educational 

20 and program placements, and other options for 

21 their child from highly qualified providers.’’; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘, after 

23 rescreening,’’; and 

24 (6) in subsection (f)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘fiscal 

2 year 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2009 

3 through 2014’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fiscal 

5 year 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2009 

6 through 2014’’; and 

7 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fiscal 

8 year 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2009 

9 through 2014’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 347 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1198 

[Report No. 110

–565] 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act regarding 

ing loss. early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearAPRIL 8, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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