IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5561 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 9, 2021 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Early Hearing Detec-
tion and Intervention Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM FOR EARLY DE-
TECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT RE-
GARDING 
DEAF 
AND 
HARD-OF-HEARING 
NEWBORNS, INFANTS, AND YOUNG CHIL-
DREN. 
Section 399M(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280g–1(f)) is amended— 
(1) 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 2022 through 2026’’; 
(2) 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 ‘‘$16,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
2011 through 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 
2022 through 2026’’. 
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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 infor-
mation on any disparities in such access; 
(2) analyze what is known about how parents 
use State EHDI websites to seek health and pro-
grammatic 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 Com-
munication 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 serv-
ices are communicated and made available to 
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