United StatesNewborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2025
What it does
This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 and revises several programs and activities relating to newborn screening for certain conditions and diseases.
More detail
Among its changes, the bill reauthorizes and makes mandatory
the Hunter Kelly Research Program at the National Institutes of Health, and
national surveillance activities conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The bill also provides statutory authority for current regulations that exempt federally funded research on non-identified newborn blood spots (i.e., residual blood samples used to screen for serious conditions) from regulations that govern research on human subjects.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Sep 10Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.Latest
- Sep 10Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 10Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Jul 23Introduced in House
- Jul 23Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Introduced