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Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the designation of a National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week, and for other purposes. 1/16/2007--Introduced. Calls for the establishment of a National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week. Commends the hospitals, child care councils, schools, and other organizations that are working to increase awareness of the danger of shaking young children.
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Latest Action: 09/24/2008 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-483. Minority views filed. Bill TextA bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require a health advisory and monitoring of drinking water for perchlorate. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2007 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) publish a health advisory for perchlorate that fully protects the health of vulnerable persons (including pregnant women, fetuses, and children) considering body weight, exposure patterns, and all routes of exposure; and (2) promulgate a final regulation requiring monitoring for perchlorate in drinking water. Makes such regulation effective unless and until monitoring for perchlorate is required under a national primary drinking water regulation. Requires consumer confidence reports to disclose the presence and health risks of perchlorate in drinking water.
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Latest Action: 09/24/2008 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-484. Minority views filed. Bill TextA bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to protect the health of pregnant women, fetuses, infants, and children by requiring a health advisory and drinking water standard for perchlorate. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Perchlorate Act of 2007 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish a health advisory and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate that fully protect the health of vulnerable persons (including pregnant women, fetuses, infants, and children), taking into consideration body weight, exposure patterns, and all routes of exposure.
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Latest Action: 04/10/2007 - By Senator Kennedy from Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions filed written report. Report No. 110-49. Bill TextA bill to reauthorize the Head Start Act, and for other purposes. 3/29/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Head Start for School Readiness Act - Amends the Head Start Act (the Act) to revise and reauthorize Head Start programs. (Sec. 2) Includes children's growth in language, preliteracy, premathematics, emotional, and physical skills among the aims of Head Start programs. (Sec. 3) Includes community-based organizations and financial literacy training within the definitions of Head Start delegate agencies and family literacy services, respectively. Adds definitions of Head Start deficiencies, homeless children, institutions of higher education, interrater reliability, limited English proficient (LEP) children, and unresolved areas of noncompliance. Removes Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau from the list of program participants. (Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1912) Bill TextA bill to accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing countries and for other purposes. 2/13/2007--Introduced. Vaccines for the Future Act of 2007 - Directs the President to establish a comprehensive strategy to accelerate efforts to develop vaccines and microbicides for neglected diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. States that such strategy shall: (1) expand public-private partnerships and seek to leverage foreign country and private sector resources; (2) include the negotiation of advance market commitments and other economic incentives for the research, development, and manufacturing of vaccines and microbicides for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other neglected diseases; (3) address related intellectual property and regulatory issues; (4) maximize U.S. capabilities to support clinical trials of vaccines and microbicides in developing countries; and (5) expand the purchase and delivery of existing vaccines.[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/26/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report. Bill TextA bill to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to improve the health and well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers through the creation of a National Court Teams Resource Center, to assist local Court Teams, and for other purposes. 3/26/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Safe Babies Act of 2007 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award a grant to a national early childhood development organization to establish a National Court Teams Resource Center to: (1) promote the well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers and their families; (2) help prevent the recurrence of abuse and neglect of children; (3) promote timely reunification of families [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2082) Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other purposes. 2/15/2007--Introduced. Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to awards grants to eligible entities to: (1) provide education and training in newborn screening and congenital, genetic, and metabolic disorders to health care professionals and newborn screening laboratory personnel; (2) develop educational programs about newborn screening for parents, families, and patient advocacy and support groups; and (3) establish operate a system to assess and coordinate [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2100-2101) Bill TextA bill to help promote the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, families, and communities across the United States. 2/15/2007--Introduced. Promoting Lifelong Active Communities Every Day Act or the PLAY Every Day Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop the Community Play Index to measure the policy, program, or environmental barriers in communities to participating in physical activity. Requires the Index to include: (1) measurements that examine barriers to physical activities across multiple settings; and (2) measurements to assist economically and culturally diverse communities in examining the social determinants of health.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to award grants to state health departments for work in partnership with community-based coalitions to plan and implement model communities of play that: (1) increase [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/16/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2173-2178) Bill TextA bill to expand programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays, including potential mental health concerns, and for other purposes. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Education Begins at Home Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the Secretary of Education, to make: (1) grants to states for programs of early childhood home visitation; and (2) competitive grants to local educational agencies and other eligible applicants for early home visitation for families with English language learners. Directs the Secretary of Defense, in collaboration with the Secretary of Education, to make competitive grants to eligible applicants for early home visitation for military families. Amends the Head Start Act to direct the Secretary of HHS to establish standards for home visitor staff in Early Head Start programs with respect [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/02/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2561-2562) Bill TextA bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to modify certain administrative eligibility rules relating to children born in the United States to Medicaid-eligible mothers. 3/2/2007--Introduced. Guaranteed Access to Medicaid for Newborns Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to revise the conditions for waiver of the requirement of satisfactory documentary evidence applicable to a Medicaid-eligible individual declaring U.S. citizenship or nationality. Adds the condition that the waiver may apply to children born in the United States to Medicaid-eligible mothers.
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Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9685) Bill TextA bill to amend the Social Security Act to enable States to carry out quality initiatives, and for other purposes. 9/26/2008--Introduced. Child Care Investment Act of 2008 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase appropriations for child care assistance grants for FY2009-FY2014. Makes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014 for grants to states to establish: (1) a Quality Rating and Improvement System (or maintain such a system) for center-based child care providers, group home child care providers, family child care providers, and other early childhood education providers; (2) a statewide network of infant and toddler specialists to train such providers; (3) standards that require at least 40 hours of appropriate health, safety, and child development training for an individual before employment with or as a licensed or registered child care provider; and (4) requirements that licensed or registered providers [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/24/2008 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Boxer. With written report No. 110-499. Minority views filed. Bill Text
An original bill to restore the value of every American in environmental decisions, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action: 06/17/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance public health activities related to stillbirth and sudden unexpected infant death. 6/17/2008--Introduced. Preventing Stillbirth and SUID Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop: (1) a standard definition of stillbirth; and (2) a standard protocol for stillbirth data collection and surveillance, including enhancing the National Vital Statistics System for the reporting of stillbirths. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish: (1) a national registry that can facilitate the understanding of root causes, rates, and trends of stillbirth; (2) public education and prevention programs aimed at reducing the occurrence of stillbirth;[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/21/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4627) Bill TextA concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Better Hearing and Speech Month. 5/21/2008--Introduced. Expresses support for: (1) the goals and ideals of National Better Hearing and Speech Month; and (2) the efforts of speech and hearing professionals to improve the speech and hearing development of children. Urges increased coordination of community-based, comprehensive care for members of the Armed Forces, veterans, athletes, and accident victims who have experienced hearing and speech deficiencies as a result of traumatic brain injury. Encourages the people of the United States to have their hearing checked regularly and to avoid environmental noise that can lead to hearing loss. Commends the 46 states that have implemented routine hearing screenings for every newborn.
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Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextSupporting the goals and ideals of National Better Hearing and Speech Month, and for other purposes. 5/15/2008--Introduced. Expresses support for: (1) the goals and ideals of National Better Hearing and Speech Month; and (2) the efforts of speech and hearing professionals to improve the speech and hearing development of children. Urges increased coordination of community-based, comprehensive care for soldiers, veterans, athletes, and accident victims who have experienced traumatic brain injury. Encourages the people of the United States to have their hearing checked regularly and to avoid environmental noise that can lead to hearing loss. Commends the 46 states that have implemented routine hearing screenings for every newborn.
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Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3794-3795) Bill TextA bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to improve access to high quality early learning and child care for low income children and working families, and for other purposes. 5/6/2008--Introduced. Starting Early Starting Right Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to establish, within the Administration for Children and Families, an Office of Child Care to serve as the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families on issues regarding state-funded child care programs. Requires the state plan under the Act to certify that the state has in effect: (1) licensing requirements applicable to child care providers within the state that include one annual announced and one annual unannounced visit to each site at which the provider provides child care services; and (2) licensing or registration requirements pertaining to training. Requires the state plan to: (1) demonstrate the manner [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/27/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo make technical corrections regarding the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007. 5/27/2008--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Public Health Service Act to make technical corrections to the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007. Revises the authorizations of appropriations from FY2008-FY2012 to FY2009-FY2013.
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Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3405) Bill TextA bill to improve vaccination rates among children. 4/24/2008--Introduced. Infant Immunization Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize an immunization grantee to use funds from a preventive health services grant to provide, through participating Women, Infants and Children Program clinics: (1) recommended vaccines to eligible children aged 0 to 35 months; (2) for the coordination of care or immunization services; or (3) payment for the salary of an immunization coordinator. Requires: (1) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state administrators of such immunization program to consult with the Food and Nutrition Service in carrying out activities related to screening for appropriate immunization services; and (2) any recipient of such a grant that receives funding for an immunization information system to permit all clinics that participate in preventive health services projects and in the Special [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3210) Bill TextA resolution designating the third week of April 2008 as "National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week". 4/21/2008--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the third week of April 2008 as National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week. Commends organizations that are: (1) working to increase awareness of the danger of shaking young children; (2) educating caregivers on protecting children from injuries caused by abusive shaking; and (3) helping families cope with the challenges of child-rearing and other stresses. Encourages people to remember the victims of Shaken Baby Syndrome and to participate in educational programs to help prevent it.
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Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2983; text as passed Senate: CR S2983; text of measure as introduced: CR S2980) Bill TextA concurrent resolution to make technical corrections in the enrollment of the bill S. 1858. 4/14/2008--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of S. 1858 (Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008). Revises the authorizations of appropriations from FY2008-FY2012 to FY2009-FY2013.
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