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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1197
5	5	To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for
6	6	Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY11, 2025
9	9	Ms. K
10	10	ELLYof Illinois (for herself, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr.
11	11	C
12	12	ARTERof Georgia, Ms. BROWN, and Mrs. KIGGANSof Virginia) intro-
13	13	duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy
14	14	and Commerce
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and
17	17	Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PREEMIE Reauthor-4
22	22	ization Act of 2025’’. 5
23	23	SEC. 2. PREEMIE. 6
24	24	(a) R
25	25	ESEARCHRELATING TOPRETERMLABOR AND 7
26	26	D
27	27	ELIVERY AND THECARE, TREATMENT, ANDOUTCOMES 8
28	28	OFPRETERM ANDLOWBIRTHWEIGHTINFANTS.— 9
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32	32	(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(e) of the Pre-1
33	33	maturity Research Expansion and Education for 2
34	34	Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act (42 U.S.C. 3
35	35	247b–4f(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 4
36	36	2019 through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 5
37	37	2025 through 2029’’. 6
38	38	(2) T
39	39	ECHNICAL CORRECTION .—Effective as if 7
40	40	included in the enactment of the PREEMIE Reau-8
41	41	thorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–328), sec-9
42	42	tion 2 of such Act is amended, in the matter pre-10
43	43	ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Section 2’’ and 11
44	44	inserting ‘‘Section 3’’. 12
45	45	(b) I
46	46	NTERAGENCY WORKINGGROUP.—Section 5(a) 13
47	47	of the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public 14
48	48	Law 115–328) is amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary of 15
49	49	Health and Human Services, in collaboration with other 16
50	50	departments, as appropriate, may establish’’ and inserting 17
51	51	‘‘Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment 18
52	52	of the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025, the Sec-19
53	53	retary of Health and Human Services, in collaboration 20
54	54	with other departments, as appropriate, shall establish’’. 21
55	55	(c) S
56	56	TUDY ONPRETERMBIRTHS.— 22
57	57	(1) I
58	58	N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 23
59	59	Human Services shall enter into appropriate ar-24
60	60	rangements with the National Academies of 25
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64	64	Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which 1
65	65	the National Academies shall— 2
66	66	(A) not later than 30 days after the date 3
67	67	of enactment of this Act, convene a committee 4
68	68	of experts in maternal health to study pre-5
69	69	mature births in the United States; and 6
70	70	(B) upon completion of the study under 7
71	71	subparagraph (A)— 8
72	72	(i) approve by consensus a report on 9
73	73	the results of such study; 10
74	74	(ii) include in such report— 11
75	75	(I) an assessment of each of the 12
76	76	topics listed in paragraph (2); 13
77	77	(II) the analysis required by 14
78	78	paragraph (3); and 15
79	79	(III) the raw data used to de-16
80	80	velop such report; and 17
81	81	(iii) not later than 24 months after 18
82	82	the date of enactment of this Act, transmit 19
83	83	such report to— 20
84	84	(I) the Secretary of Health and 21
85	85	Human Services; 22
86	86	(II) the Committee on Energy 23
87	87	and Commerce of the House of Rep-24
88	88	resentatives; and 25
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92	92	(III) the Committee on Finance 1
93	93	and the Committee on Health, Edu-2
94	94	cation, Labor, and Pensions of the 3
95	95	Senate. 4
96	96	(2) A
97	97	SSESSMENT TOPICS.—The topics listed in 5
98	98	this subsection are each of the following: 6
99	99	(A) The financial costs of premature birth 7
100	100	to society, including— 8
101	101	(i) an analysis of stays in neonatal in-9
102	102	tensive care units and the cost of such 10
103	103	stays; 11
104	104	(ii) long-term costs of stays in such 12
105	105	units to society and the family involved 13
106	106	post-discharge; and 14
107	107	(iii) health care costs for families 15
108	108	post-discharge from such units (such as 16
109	109	medications, therapeutic services, co-pay-17
110	110	ments for visits, and specialty equipment). 18
111	111	(B) The factors that impact preterm birth 19
112	112	rates. 20
113	113	(C) Opportunities for earlier detection of 21
114	114	premature birth risk factors, including— 22
115	115	(i) opportunities to improve maternal 23
116	116	and infant health; and 24
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120	120	(ii) opportunities for public health 1
121	121	programs to provide support and resources 2
122	122	for parents in-hospital, in non-hospital set-3
123	123	tings, and post-discharge. 4
124	124	(3) A
125	125	NALYSIS.—The analysis required by this 5
126	126	subsection is an analysis of— 6
127	127	(A) targeted research strategies to develop 7
128	128	effective drugs, treatments, or interventions to 8
129	129	bring at-risk pregnancies to term; 9
130	130	(B) State and other programs’ best prac-10
131	131	tices with respect to reducing premature birth 11
132	132	rates; and 12
133	133	(C) precision medicine and preventative 13
134	134	care approaches starting early in the life course 14
135	135	(including during pregnancy) with a focus on 15
136	136	behavioral and biological influences on pre-16
137	137	mature birth, child health, and the trajectory of 17
138	138	such approaches into adulthood. 18
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