To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study on the health outcomes of the use of e-cigarettes during pregnancy, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6068
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2020-03-03
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Government studies and investigations

Health promotion and preventive care

Medical research

Sex and reproductive health

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study health outcomes related to the use of e-cigarettes during pregnancy. HHS must also address the harmful effects of tobacco use on pregnancy in its youth-focused tobacco-prevention campaigns.<br /></p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6068 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2020 Ms. Moore introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study on the health outcomes of the use of e-cigarettes during pregnancy, and for other purposes.

1. Study on health outcomes of use of e-cigarettes during pregnancy (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which the National Academies agree to conduct a study on the health outcomes of the use of e-cigarettes during pregnancy. Such study shall— (1) examine any data gaps in existing Federal and State tobacco use surveillance systems (including the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System), with respect to the incidence of pregnant women who use e-cigarettes and birth and other health outcomes for such women and their children; (2) analyze and assess any ongoing Federal research with respect to that use; and (3) provide recommendations with respect to additional research, programs, and activities the Federal Government and States can undertake to assist pregnant women in ceasing to use e-cigarettes. (b) Report The agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall include a requirement that the National Academies, not later than October 1, 2023, submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the results of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 2. Youth Tobacco Prevention Public Awareness Campaigns The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall ensure that any youth tobacco prevention public awareness campaigns conducted by the Department or any of its agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, include awareness and education materials designed to educate women of reproductive age (including pregnant women) on the harmful effects on fetal and postnatal development of the use of tobacco, nicotine, and e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems.