Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1998

Summary

Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1997 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish birth defects prevention and research programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), to provide for collection, analysis, and reporting of birth defects statistics from birth certificates, infant death certificates, hospital records, or other sources and to collect and disaggregate such statistics by gender and racial and ethnic group. Directs the Secretary to establish at least five regional birth defects monitoring and research programs to collect and analyze information on the number, incidence, correlation, and causes of birth defects. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to award grants or enter into cooperative agreements with specified entities to serve as Centers of Birth Defects Prevention Research. Requires one of the Centers to focus on birth defects among ethnic minorities. Requires the CDC to establish a clearinghouse for the collection and storage of data generated from birth defects monitoring programs developed under this Act. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to provide for the evaluation, and implementation of prevention strategies designed to reduce the incidence and effects of birth defects. Requires that the Secretary, acting through the CDC, shall consult with State and local governmental agencies, managed care organizations, nonprofit organizations, physicians, and other health professionals and organizations. Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee for Birth Defects Prevention. Requires the Secretary to report biennially to the House Committee on Commerce and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources regarding birth defects. Subjects the provisions of this Act to requirements of the Privacy Act. Applies all Federal laws relating to the privacy of information to data and information collected under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.

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• Enrolled Bill (text)

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• Enrolled Bill (PDF)

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• Public Law (text)

  Public Law · EN · 21 April 1998

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 21 April 1998

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• Referred in House (text)

  Referred in House · EN · 17 June 1997

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• Referred in House (PDF)

  Referred in House · EN · 17 June 1997

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• Engrossed in Senate (text)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 12 June 1997

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  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 12 June 1997

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 12 June 1997

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 March 1997

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 March 1997

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• Introduced in Senate

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