One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America
2d Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two
S. 4052
AN ACT
To reauthorize a program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2022
.
Reauthorization of program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children
Section 399M of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–1) is amended—
in subsection (e), by inserting (3)
before The term medical evaluation
; and
in subsection (f)—
in paragraph (1), by striking $17,818,000 for fiscal year 2018, $18,173,800 for fiscal year 2019, $18,628,145 for fiscal year 2020, $19,056,592 for fiscal year 2021, and $19,522,758 for fiscal year 2022
and inserting $17,818,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027
; and
in paragraph (2), by striking $10,800,000 for fiscal year 2018, $11,026,800 for fiscal year 2019, $11,302,470 for fiscal year 2020, $11,562,427 for fiscal year 2021, and $11,851,488 for fiscal year 2022
and inserting $10,760,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027
.
GAO study on State early hearing detection and intervention programs
In general
The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study reviewing State early hearing detection and intervention (in this section referred to as EHDI
) programs. Such study shall—
analyze how information collected through such programs informs what is known about EHDI activities to ensure that newborns, infants, and young children have access to timely hearing screenings and early interventions, including information on any disparities in such access;
analyze what is known about how parents use State EHDI websites to seek health and programmatic guidance related to their child’s hearing loss diagnosis; and
identify efforts and any promising practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, and State EHDI programs—
to address disparities in outreach for, or access to, timely hearing screenings and early interventions; and
to ensure that EHDI follow-up services are communicated and made available to medically underserved populations, including racial and ethnic minorities.
Report
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall—
complete the study under subsection (a) and submit a report on the results of the study to—
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
make such report publicly available.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate