Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2010
PL 111-337 (S.3199), enacted 12/22/2010

124 STAT. 3588 
PUBLIC LAW 111–337—DEC. 22, 2010 
Public Law 111–337 
111th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Public Health Service Act regarding early detection, diagnosis, and 
treatment of hearing loss. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Early Hearing Detection and 
Intervention Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF HEARING 
LOSS. 
Section 399M of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g– 
1) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘INFANTS’’ and 
inserting ‘‘NEWBORNS AND INFANTS’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘screening, evaluation and intervention programs and sys-
tems’’ and inserting ‘‘screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and 
intervention programs and systems, and to assist in the 
recruitment, retention, education, and training of qualified 
personnel and health care providers,’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) To develop and monitor the efficacy of statewide pro-
grams and systems for hearing screening of newborns and 
infants; prompt evaluation and diagnosis of children referred 
from 
screening 
programs; 
and 
appropriate 
educational, 
audiological, and medical interventions for children identified 
with hearing loss. Early intervention includes referral to and 
delivery of information and services by schools and agencies, 
including community, consumer, and parent-based agencies and 
organizations and other programs mandated by part C of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which offer pro-
grams specifically designed to meet the unique language and 
communication needs of deaf and hard of hearing newborns, 
infants, toddlers, and children. Programs and systems under 
this paragraph shall establish and foster family-to-family sup-
port mechanisms that are critical in the first months after 
a child is identified with hearing loss.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) Other activities may include developing efficient models 
to ensure that newborns and infants who are identified with 
a hearing loss through screening receive follow-up by a qualified 
health care provider, and State agencies shall be encouraged 
42 USC 201 note. 
Early Hearing 
Detection and 
Intervention Act 
of 2010. 
Dec. 22, 2010 
[S. 3199] 
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124 STAT. 3589 
PUBLIC LAW 111–337—DEC. 22, 2010 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 3199 (H.R. 1246): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 111–44 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce) accompanying 
H.R. 1246. 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): 
Dec. 7, considered and passed Senate. 
Dec. 15, considered and passed House. 
to adopt models that effectively increase the rate of occurrence 
of such follow-up.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘hearing loss 
screening, evaluation, and intervention programs’’ and inserting 
‘‘hearing loss screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention 
programs’’; 
(4) in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c), by striking 
the term ‘‘hearing screening, evaluation and intervention pro-
grams’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘hearing 
screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention programs’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘ensuring that families 
of the child’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘ensuring 
that families of the child are provided comprehensive, con-
sumer-oriented information about the full range of family 
support, training, information services, and language and 
communication options and are given the opportunity to 
consider and obtain the full range of such appropriate 
services, educational and program placements, and other 
options for their child from highly qualified providers.’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘, after rescreening,’’; 
and 
(6) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2002’’ 
and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2011 through 2015’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2002’’ 
and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2011 through 2015’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2002’’ 
and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2011 through 2015’’. 
Approved December 22, 2010. 
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