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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 992
5	5	To authorize funding for the creation and implementation of infant mortality
6	6	pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates
7	7	of infant mortality, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	MARCH12, 2025
10	10	Mr. V
11	11	ANHOLLENintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and
12	12	referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To authorize funding for the creation and implementation
15	15	of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropoli-
16	16	tan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality,
17	17	and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Nationally Enhancing 4
22	22	the Well-being of Babies through Outreach and Research 5
23	23	Now Act’’ or the ‘‘NEWBORN Act’’. 6
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27	27	SEC. 2. INFANT MORTALITY PILOT PROGRAMS. 1
28	28	Section 330H of the Public Health Service Act (42 2
29	29	U.S.C. 254c–8) is amended— 3
30	30	(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 4
31	31	subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 5
32	32	(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-6
33	33	lowing: 7
34	34	‘‘(e) I
35	35	NFANTMORTALITYPILOTPROGRAMS.— 8
36	36	‘‘(1) I
37	37	N GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 9
38	38	through the Administrator, shall award grants to eli-10
39	39	gible entities to create, implement, and oversee in-11
40	40	fant mortality pilot programs. 12
41	41	‘‘(2) P
42	42	ERIOD OF A GRANT .—The period of a 13
43	43	grant under this subsection shall be up to 5 years. 14
44	44	‘‘(3) P
45	45	REFERENCE.—In awarding grants under 15
46	46	this subsection, the Secretary shall give preference 16
47	47	to— 17
48	48	‘‘(A) eligible entities proposing to serve 18
49	49	any of the 50 counties or groups of counties 19
50	50	with the highest rates of infant mortality in the 20
51	51	United States based on the most recent 3 years 21
52	52	of available national infant mortality data, as 22
53	53	determined by the Secretary; and 23
54	54	‘‘(B) eligible entities whose proposed infant 24
55	55	mortality pilot program would address— 25
56	56	‘‘(i) birth defects; 26
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60	60	‘‘(ii) preterm birth and low birth 1
61	61	weight; 2
62	62	‘‘(iii) sudden infant death; 3
63	63	‘‘(iv) maternal pregnancy complica-4
64	64	tions; or 5
65	65	‘‘(v) injuries to infants. 6
66	66	‘‘(4) U
67	67	SE OF FUNDS.—Any infant mortality 7
68	68	pilot program funded under this subsection may— 8
69	69	‘‘(A) include the development of a plan 9
70	70	that identifies the individual needs of each com-10
71	71	munity to be served and strategies to address 11
72	72	those needs; 12
73	73	‘‘(B) provide outreach to at-risk mothers 13
74	74	through programs deemed appropriate by the 14
75	75	Administrator; 15
76	76	‘‘(C) develop and implement standardized 16
77	77	systems for improved access, utilization, and 17
78	78	quality of social, educational, and clinical serv-18
79	79	ices to promote healthy pregnancies, full-term 19
80	80	births, and healthy infancies delivered to women 20
81	81	and their infants, such as— 21
82	82	‘‘(i) counseling on infant care, feed-22
83	83	ing, and parenting; 23
84	84	‘‘(ii) postpartum care; 24
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88	88	‘‘(iii) prevention of premature deliv-1
89	89	ery; and 2
90	90	‘‘(iv) additional counseling for at-risk 3
91	91	mothers, including smoking cessation pro-4
92	92	grams, drug treatment programs, alcohol 5
93	93	treatment programs, nutrition and physical 6
94	94	activity programs, postpartum depression 7
95	95	and domestic violence programs, social and 8
96	96	psychological services, dental care, and 9
97	97	parenting programs; 10
98	98	‘‘(D) establish a rural outreach program to 11
99	99	provide care to at-risk mothers in rural areas; 12
100	100	‘‘(E) establish a regional public education 13
101	101	campaign, including a campaign to— 14
102	102	‘‘(i) prevent preterm births; and 15
103	103	‘‘(ii) educate the public about infant 16
104	104	mortality; 17
105	105	‘‘(F) provide for any other activities, pro-18
106	106	grams, or strategies as identified by the plan; 19
107	107	and 20
108	108	‘‘(G) coordinate efforts between— 21
109	109	‘‘(i) the health department of each 22
110	110	county or other eligible entity to be served 23
111	111	through the infant mortality pilot program; 24
112	112	and 25
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116	116	‘‘(ii) existing entities that work to re-1
117	117	duce the rate of infant mortality within the 2
118	118	area of any such county or other eligible 3
119	119	entity. 4
120	120	‘‘(5) L
121	121	IMITATION.—Of the funds received 5
122	122	through a grant under this subsection for a fiscal 6
123	123	year, an eligible entity shall not use more than 10 7
124	124	percent for program evaluation. 8
125	125	‘‘(6) R
126	126	EPORTS ON PILOT PROGRAMS .— 9
127	127	‘‘(A) I
128	128	N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 10
129	129	after receiving a grant, and annually thereafter 11
130	130	for the duration of the grant period, each entity 12
131	131	that receives a grant under paragraph (1) shall 13
132	132	submit a report to the Secretary detailing its 14
133	133	infant mortality pilot program. 15
134	134	‘‘(B) C
135	135	ONTENTS OF REPORT .—The reports 16
136	136	required under subparagraph (A) shall include 17
137	137	information such as the methodology of, and 18
138	138	outcomes and statistics from, the grantee’s in-19
139	139	fant mortality pilot program. 20
140	140	‘‘(C) E
141	141	VALUATION.—The Secretary shall 21
142	142	use the reports required under subparagraph 22
143	143	(A) to evaluate, and conduct statistical research 23
144	144	on, infant mortality pilot programs funded 24
145	145	through this subsection. 25
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149	149	‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this 1
150	150	subsection: 2
151	151	‘‘(A) A
152	152	DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Admin-3
153	153	istrator’ means the Administrator of the Health 4
154	154	Resources and Services Administration. 5
155	155	‘‘(B) E
156	156	LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligi-6
157	157	ble entity’ means— 7
158	158	‘‘(i) a county, city, territorial, or Trib-8
159	159	al health department; or 9
160	160	‘‘(ii) in the case of a State with a cen-10
161	161	tralized health department, the State 11
162	162	health department. 12
163	163	‘‘(C) T
164	164	RIBAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT .—The 13
165	165	term ‘Tribal health department’ means the 14
166	166	health department of an Indian tribe, a tribal 15
167	167	organization, or an urban Indian organization, 16
168	168	as such terms are defined in section 4 of the 17
169	169	Indian Health Care Improvement Act.’’; 18
170	170	(3) in subsection (f), as so redesignated— 19
171	171	(A) in paragraph (1)— 20
172	172	(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘A
173	173	U-21
174	174	THORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS ’’ and 22
175	175	inserting ‘‘H
176	176	EALTHY START INITIATIVE ’’; 23
177	177	and 24
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181	181	(ii) by inserting ‘‘(other than sub-1
182	182	section (e))’’ after ‘‘carrying out this sec-2
183	183	tion’’; 3
184	184	(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 4
185	185	paragraph (3); 5
186	186	(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 6
187	187	following: 7
188	188	‘‘(2) I
189	189	NFANT MORTALITY PILOT PROGRAMS .— 8
190	190	To carry out subsection (e), there is authorized to 9
191	191	be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 10
192	192	2025 through 2029.’’; and 11
193	193	(D) in paragraph (3)(A), as so redesig-12
194	194	nated, by striking ‘‘the program under this sec-13
195	195	tion’’ and inserting ‘‘the program under sub-14
196	196	section (a)’’; and 15
197	197	(4) in paragraphs (2) and (3)(B) of subsection 16
198	198	(g), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘subsection 17
199	199	(e)(2)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)(3)(B)’’. 18
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