SHINE Act

Summary

Screening for Health of Infants and Newborns Act or the SHINE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop guidelines that states may follow in reporting data from newborn screening tests. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to develop guidelines to: (1) monitor and evaluate newborn screening activities; and (2) coordinate the results of surveillance activities. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC and the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, to develop a surveillance system for newborn screening. Directs the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children to advise the Secretary on the guidelines and on monitoring and evaluating newborn screening and surveillance activities. Requires the Secretary to: (1) direct the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of HRSA to establish a central clearinghouse of current education and family support and services information, materials, resources, research, and data on newborn screening; (2) award grants for demonstration projects that increase state capacity to screen for all of the core conditions; (3) award Hunter Kelly Newborn Screening grants for demonstration projects that develop screening tests for additional newborn conditions or develop multiple markers to increase the specificity of such tests; and (4) appoint an Interagency Grant Review Panel to select grant applications and provide oversight on the grant program.

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Timeline

1. 27 June 2007

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

2. 27 June 2007

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 27 June 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 27 June 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 27 June 2007 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 June 2007

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 June 2007

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 27 June 2007

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Sponsors

• Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26] · R · Sponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing

Related records

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