12 2 STA T .705PUBLIC LA W 110 – 20 4— AP R .24 , 200 8PublicLaw1 1 0–2 0 4 110 thCongres s A n Act Toamendth e PublicH ealth S e rv ice A cttoe s tablish g rant p rograms to provide f or education and outreach on ne w born screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted , to reauthori z e programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other purposes .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E. ThisActmaybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ N e w b ornS creenin g Sa v es L ives Act o f20 0 7’ ’ . SEC. 2 .I MP RO V E D NE WB ORN A ND CHILD SCREENIN GF OR HERITABLE DISORDER. Section 1 10 9 of the Pu b l ic H ealth Service Act (4 2 U .S. C . 3 00b –8) is amended — (1) by stri k ing subsections (a) , (b), and (c) and inserting the following
‘‘(a) A UTHORIZA TIO N O FG RANT PRO G RA M .— F rom amounts a p propriated under subsection ( j ), the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health R esources and Services Administra - tion (referred to in this section as the ‘Administrator’) and in consultation with the Advisory Committee on Heritable D isorders in Newborns and Children (referred to in this section as the ‘Advisory Committee’), shall award grants to eligible entities to enable such entities— ‘‘(1) to enhance, improve or e x pand the ability of State and local public health agencies to provide screening, coun- seling, or health care services to newborns and children having or at risk for heritable disorders
‘‘(2) to assist in providing health care professionals and newborn screening laboratory personnel with education in new- born screening and training in relevant and new technologies in newborn screening and congenital, genetic, and metabolic disorders; ‘‘(3) to develop and deliver educational programs (at appro- priate literacy levels) about newborn screening counseling, testing, follow-up, treatment, and specialty services to parents, families, and patient advocacy and support groups; and ‘‘(4) to establish, maintain, and operate a system to assess and coordinate treatment relating to congenital, genetic, and metabolic disorders. ‘‘(b) EL IGI B L E ENTIT Y .— I n this section, the term ‘eligible entity’ means— ‘‘(1) a State or a political subdivision of a State; NewbornSc reen i n g S av e sL ives A c t o f20 0 7.4 2 U S C 20 1 note. A p r. 24 , 200 8[ S. 18 5 8 ]
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