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H.R. 2679: PREEMIE Reauthorization Act

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H.R. 2679: PREEMIE Reauthorization Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-07-28 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-07-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

PREEMIE Reauthorization Act

Plain summary

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act or the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH activities with respect to research on the causes of preterm labor and delivery, tools to detect, prevent, or reduce prevalence of preterm labor and delivery, and the care and treatment of preterm infants. Establishes within NIH a multicenter clinical program to investigate problems in clinical obstetrics, improve the care and outcomes of neonates, and enhance the understanding of DNA and proteins as they relate to the underlying processes that lead to preterm birth. Requires the Director to award grants for planning, establishing, improving, and providing basic operating support for transdisciplinary research centers for prematurity. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Surgeon General, to establish and implement a national science-based provider and consumer education campaign on promoting healthy pregnancies and preventing preterm birth. Reauthorizes provisions related to research on prematurity and preterm births and sets forth specific areas for such research. Requires the Director of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth to award grants to establish demonstration projects for: (1) obstetrical services for high risk women of child bearing age remotely using telehealth; and (2) educational activities regarding risk factors for preterm birth. Expands a demonstration project to inform health care providers and the public and improve treatment and outcome for babies born preterm. Requires the Secretary to establish the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality. Requires a study on hospital readmissions of preterm births.

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Official text

PREEMIE Reauthorization Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14] · 63 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steve Cohen (D-TN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Peter Welch (D-VT), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), André Carson (D-IN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA) and 3 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2679 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112