IIB 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3470 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

AN ACT 

To authorize funding for the creation and implementation 

of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality, 

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 ‘‘Nationally Enhancing 

3 the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research 

4 Now Act’’ or the ‘‘NEWBORN Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. INFANT MORTALITY PILOT PROGRAMS. 

6 Section 330H of the Public Health Service Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 254c–8) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub9 section (f); 

10 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(e) INFANT MORTALITY PILOT PROGRAMS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

14 through the Administrator, shall award grants to eli15 gible entities to create, implement, and oversee in16 fant mortality pilot programs. 

17 ‘‘(2) PERIOD OF A GRANT.—The period of a 

18 grant under this subsection shall be 5 consecutive 

19 fiscal years. 

20 ‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under 

21 this subsection, the Secretary shall give preference 

22 to eligible entities proposing to serve any of the 15 

23 counties or groups of counties with the highest rates 

24 of infant mortality in the United States in the past 

25 3 years. 


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1 ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—Any infant mortality 

2 pilot program funded under this subsection may— 

3 ‘‘(A) include the development of a plan 

4 that identifies the individual needs of each com5 munity to be served and strategies to address 

6 those needs; 

7 ‘‘(B) provide outreach to at-risk mothers 

8 through programs deemed appropriate by the 

9 Administrator; 

10 ‘‘(C) develop and implement standardized 

11 systems for improved access, utilization, and 

12 quality of social, educational, and clinical serv13 ices to promote healthy pregnancies, full-term 

14 births, and healthy infancies delivered to women 

15 and their infants, such as— 

16 ‘‘(i) counseling on infant care, feed17 ing, and parenting; 

18 ‘‘(ii) postpartum care; 

19 ‘‘(iii) prevention of premature deliv20 ery; and 

21 ‘‘(iv) additional counseling for at-risk 

22 mothers, including smoking cessation pro23 grams, drug treatment programs, alcohol 

24 treatment programs, nutrition and physical 

25 activity programs, postpartum depression 


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1 and domestic violence programs, social and 

2 psychological services, dental care, and 

3 parenting programs; 

4 ‘‘(D) establish a rural outreach program to 

5 provide care to at-risk mothers in rural areas; 

6 ‘‘(E) establish a regional public education 

7 campaign, including a campaign to— 

8 ‘‘(i) prevent preterm births; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) educate the public about infant 

10 mortality; and 

11 ‘‘(F) provide for any other activities, pro12 grams, or strategies as identified by the com13 munity plan. 

14 ‘‘(5) LIMITATION.—Of the funds received 

15 through a grant under this subsection for a fiscal 

16 year, an eligible entity shall not use more than 10 

17 percent for program evaluation. 

18 ‘‘(6) REPORTS ON PILOT PROGRAMS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

20 after receiving a grant, and annually thereafter 

21 for the duration of the grant period, each entity 

22 that receives a grant under paragraph (1) shall 

23 submit a report to the Secretary detailing its 

24 infant mortality pilot program. 


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1 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The reports 

2 required under subparagraph (A) shall include 

3 information such as the methodology of, and 

4 outcomes and statistics from, the grantee’s in5 fant mortality pilot program. 

6 ‘‘(C) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall 

7 use the reports required under subparagraph 

8 (A) to evaluate, and conduct statistical research 

9 on, infant mortality pilot programs funded 

10 through this subsection. 

11 ‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this 

12 subsection: 

13 ‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Admin14 istrator’ means the Administrator of the Health 

15 Resources and Services Administration. 

16 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligi17 ble entity’ means a State, county, city, terri18 torial, or tribal health department that has sub19 mitted a proposal to the Secretary that the Sec20 retary deems likely to reduce infant mortality 

21 rates within the standard metropolitan statis22 tical area involved. 

23 ‘‘(C) TRIBAL.—The term ‘tribal’ refers to 

24 an Indian tribe, a Tribal organization, or an 

25 Urban Indian organization, as such terms are 


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1 defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care 

2 Improvement Act.’’; and 

3 (3) by amending subsection (f), as so redesig4 nated— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (i) by amending the paragraph head7 ing to read: ‘‘HEALTHY START INITIA8 TIVE’’; and 

9 (ii) by inserting after ‘‘carrying out 

10 this section’’ the following: ‘‘(other than 

11 subsection (e))’’; 

12 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

13 paragraph (3); 

14 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(2) INFANT MORTALITY PILOT PROGRAMS.— 

17 To carry out subsection (e), there is authorized to 

18 be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

19 2011 through 2015.’’; and 

20 (D) in paragraph (3)(A), as so redesig21 nated, by striking ‘‘the program under this secVerDate Mar 15 2010 00:37 Sep 24, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3470.RFS H3470

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1 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘the program under sub2 section (a)’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 

2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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