PREEMIE Act

Bill: 109-s-707
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2005-04-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Agriculture and Food
Birth defects
Child development
Child health
Child nutrition
Communicable diseases
Communication in medicine
Community health services
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Disabled
Drug abuse
Economic research
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Epidemiology
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Executive reorganization
Families
Family services
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to research
Fetus
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health counseling
Health education
Health surveys
Higher education
Infant mortality
Infants
Low birth weight
Maternal health services
Medical education
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical technology
Medical tests
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nutrition
Obstetrics
Performance measurement
Planning
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Preventive medicine
Public health
Quality of care
Quality of life
Reproduction
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Smoking
Social Welfare
Stress (Psychology)
Technology assessment
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-05
text: 
Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act or PREEMIE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand and coordinate NIH research on preterm labor and delivery, infant mortality, and low birthweight infants. Establishes the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network and the Neonatal Research Units Network within NIH.
 
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) expand and coordinate CDC activities on preterm labor and delivery and infant mortality; (2) conduct a study on the relationship between prematurity, birth defects, and developmental disabilities; and (3) review the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Survey.
 
Requires the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's national longitudinal study of environmental influences on children's health and development to consider the impact of assisted reproduction technologies.
 
Requires the Director of NIH to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study the health and economic consequences of preterm birth.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to assess certain core performance and outcome measures utilized under the Social Security Act for purposes of expanding such measures to include known risk factors of low birthweight and prematurity.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) conduct a demonstration project to improve the provision of information on prematurity to health professionals and the public; (2) conduct projects to support the informational and emotional needs of families during the stay of an infant in a neonatal intensive care unit, during the transition of the infant to the home, and in the event of a newborn death; and (3) establish an Interagency Coordinating Council on Prematurity and Low Birthweight.

action_date: 2006-07-31
text: 
Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act or the PREEMIE Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand and coordinate NIH research on the causes of preterm labor and delivery, infant mortality, and improving the care and treatment of preterm and low birthweight infants.
 
Establishes within NIH a multi-center clinical program designed to: (1) investigate problems in clinical obstetrics; (2) improve the care and outcomes of neonates; and (3) enhance the understanding of DNA and proteins as they relate to the underlying processes that lead to preterm birth.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) expand and coordinate CDC activities on preterm labor and delivery and infant mortality; (2) conduct ongoing epidemiological studies on the relationship between prematurity, birth defects, and developmental disabilities; and (3) establish systems for the collection of maternal-infant clinical biomedical information to link with the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.
 
Requires the Secretary to review existing tools and measures to ensure that such tools and measures include information related to some of the known risk factors of low birth weight and preterm birth.
 
(Sec. 4) Allows the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects to improve the provision of information on prematurity to health professionals and the public.
 
(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to establish an Interagency Coordinating Council on Prematurity and Low Birthweight.
 
(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary, acting through the Surgeon General, to convene a conference on preterm birth.
 
Authorizes appropriations.

action_date: 2006-08-01
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 31, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act or the PREEMIE Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand and coordinate NIH research on the causes of preterm labor and delivery, infant mortality, and improving the care and treatment of preterm and low birthweight infants.
 
Establishes within NIH a multi-center clinical program designed to: (1) investigate problems in clinical obstetrics; (2) improve the care and outcomes of neonates; and (3) enhance the understanding of DNA and proteins as they relate to the underlying processes that lead to preterm birth.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) expand and coordinate CDC activities on preterm labor and delivery and infant mortality; (2) conduct ongoing epidemiological studies on the relationship between prematurity, birth defects, and developmental disabilities; and (3) establish systems for the collection of maternal-infant clinical biomedical information to link with the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.
 
Requires the Secretary to review existing tools and measures to ensure that such tools and measures include information related to some of the known risk factors of low birth weight and preterm birth.
 
(Sec. 4) Allows the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects to improve the provision of information on prematurity to health professionals and the public.
 
(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to establish an Interagency Coordinating Council on Prematurity and Low Birthweight.
 
(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary, acting through the Surgeon General, to convene a conference on preterm birth.
 
Authorizes appropriations.

action_date: 2006-12-09
text: 
Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act or the PREEMIE Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) expand and coordinate CDC activities on preterm labor and delivery and infant mortality; (2) conduct ongoing epidemiological studies on the relationship between prematurity, birth defects, and developmental disabilities; and (3) establish systems for the collection of maternal-infant clinical biomedical information to link with the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.
 
Requires the Secretary to review existing tools and measures to ensure that such tools and measures include information related to the known risk factors of low birth weight and preterm birth.
 
(Sec. 4) Allows the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects to improve: (1) the provision of information on prematurity to health professionals and the public; and (2) treatment and outcome for babies born preterm.
 
(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to establish an Interagency Coordinating Council on Prematurity and Low Birthweight.
 
(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary, acting through the Surgeon General, to convene a conference on preterm birth. 
 
Authorizes appropriations.
 
(Sec. 7) Delays (until the earlier of June 30, 2007, or 60 days after enactment of a FY2007 authorization of appropriations to carry out the Head Start Act) the effective date of regulations requiring agencies providing transportation services to ensure that children enrolled in Head Start are transported in school buses or allowable alternate vehicles that: (1) are equipped for use of height- and weight-appropriate child restraint systems; and (2) have reverse beepers.

action_date: 2006-12-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 9, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act or the PREEMIE Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) expand and coordinate CDC activities on preterm labor and delivery and infant mortality; (2) conduct ongoing epidemiological studies on the relationship between prematurity, birth defects, and developmental disabilities; and (3) establish systems for the collection of maternal-infant clinical biomedical information to link with the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.
 
Requires the Secretary to review existing tools and measures to ensure that such tools and measures include information related to the known risk factors of low birth weight and preterm birth.
 
(Sec. 4) Allows the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects to improve: (1) the provision of information on prematurity to health professionals and the public; and (2) treatment and outcome for babies born preterm.
 
(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to establish an Interagency Coordinating Council on Prematurity and Low Birthweight.
 
(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary, acting through the Surgeon General, to convene a conference on preterm birth. 
 
Authorizes appropriations.
 
(Sec. 7) Delays (until the earlier of June 30, 2007, or 60 days after enactment of a FY2007 authorization of appropriations to carry out the Head Start Act) the effective date of regulations requiring agencies providing transportation services to ensure that children enrolled in Head Start are transported in school buses or allowable alternate vehicles that: (1) are equipped for use of height- and weight-appropriate child restraint systems; and (2) have reverse beepers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-22
text: Became Public Law No: 109-450.
action_date: 2006-12-22
text: Became Public Law No: 109-450.
action_date: 2006-12-22
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2006-12-22
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2006-12-20
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2006-12-20
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 12/8/2006 S11828-11830; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR 12/8/2006 S11828-11829)
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 12/8/2006 S11828-11830; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR 12/8/2006 S11828-11829)
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 12/8/2006 H9304-9306; text of measure as referred in House: CR 12/8/2006 H9304-9305)
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Mr. Barton (TX) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by voice vote. (text: CR 12/8/2006 H9246-9248)
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by voice vote.(text: CR 12/8/2006 H9246-9248)
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 707.
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR 12/8/2006 H9246-9250)
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Mr. Barton (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8550-8551)
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S8550-8551)
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8550-8551)
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 541.
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Enzi with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-298.
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Enzi with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-298.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2005-11-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12739)
action_date: 2005-04-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3212-3213)
action_date: 2005-04-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3212)
action_date: 2005-04-05
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 109-450