and systems by assessing the health, intellectual
and social developmental, cognitive, and lan-
guage status of these children at school age;
and
(F) to promote the sharing of data regard-
ing early hearing loss with state-based birth de-
fects and developmental disabilities monitoring
programs for the purpose of identifying pre-
viously unknown causes of hearing loss.
(2) NATIONAL
INSTITUTES
OF
HEALTH.—
Under the existing authority of the Public Health
Service Act, the Director of the National Institutes
of Health, acting through the Director of the Na-
tional Institute on Deafness and Other Communica-
tion Disorders, shall for purposes of this section,
continue a program of research and development on
the efficacy of new screening techniques and tech-
nology, including clinical studies of screening meth-
ods, studies on efficacy of intervention, and related
research.
(e) COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under the existing authority
of the Public Health Service Act, in carrying out
programs under this section, the Administrator of
the Health Resources and Services Administration,
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, and the Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health shall collaborate and consult with
other Federal agencies; State and local agencies, in-
cluding those responsible for early intervention serv-
ices pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security
Act (Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diag-
nosis and Treatment Program); Title XXI of the So-
cial Security Act (State Children’s Health Insurance
Program); Title V of the Social Security Act (Mater-
nal and Child Health Block Grant Program; and
Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act); consumer groups of and that serve individuals
who are deaf and hard-of-hearing and their families;
appropriate national medical and other health and
education specialty organizations; persons who are
deaf and hard-of-hearing and their families; other
qualified professional personnel who are proficient in
deaf or hard-of-hearing children’s language and who
possess the specialized knowledge, skills, and at-
tributes needed to serve deaf and hard-of-hearing
newborns, infants, toddlers, children, and their fami-
lies; third-party payers and managed care organiza-
tions; and related commercial industries.
(2) POLICY DEVELOPMENT.—Under the exist-
ing authority of the Public Health Service Act, the
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services
Administration, the Director of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, and the Director of the
National Institutes of Health shall coordinate and
collaborate on recommendations for policy develop-
ment at the Federal and state levels and with the
private sector, including consumer, medical and
other health and education professional-based orga-
nizations, with respect to newborn and infant hear-
ing screening, evaluation and intervention programs
and systems.
(3) STATE EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS; DATA COL-
LECTION.—Under the existing authority of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act, the Administrator of the
Health Resources and Services Administration and
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention shall coordinate and collaborate in assist-
ing States to establish newborn and infant hearing
screening, evaluation and intervention programs and
systems under subsection (c) and to develop a data
collection system under subsection (d).
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act
shall be construed to preempt any State law.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) STATEWIDE NEWBORN AND INFANT HEAR-
ING SCREENING, EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION
PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS.—For the purpose of car-
rying out subsection (c) under the existing authority
of the Public Health Service Act, there are author-
ized to the Health Resources and Services Adminis-
tration appropriations in the amount of $5,000,000
for fiscal year 2000, $8,000,000 for fiscal year
2001, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2002.
(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, DATA
MANAGE-
MENT, AND APPLIED RESEARCH; CENTERS FOR DIS-
EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.—For the purpose
of carrying out subsection (d)(1) under the existing
authority of the Public Health Service Act, there are
authorized to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 
appropriations 
in 
the 
amount 
of
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $7,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary
for fiscal year 2002.
(3) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, DATA
MANAGE-
MENT, AND APPLIED RESEARCH; NATIONAL INSTI-
TUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION
DISORDERS.—For the purpose of carrying out sub-
section (d)(2) under the existing authority of the
Public Health Service Act, there are authorized to
the National Institute on Deafness and Other Com-
munication Disorders appropriations for such sums
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
2000 through 2002.
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