Bill > HR2271

Introduced Session

Establishes various programs for the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) to award grants to states, local agencies, and nonprofit organizations to address sudden unexpected infant and childhood deaths.The CDC must award grants to eligible applicants to (1) conduct comprehensive death scene investigations, (2) increase the rate of standardized autopsies, and (3) obtain informed consent from families to collect genetic or tissue samples for research into the causes of such deaths. The bill also provides grants for training medical examiners, and other appropriate personnel, about standardized investigative practices, including the infant or child's medical history, other circumstances surrounding the death.The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the Department of Health and Human Services also must provide grants to states to develop the capacity for local governments to comprehensively review 100% of all infant and child deaths and maintain the National Fatality Review Case Reporting System. Further, the CDC must use such national reporting system to compile and make publicly available summary data about sudden unexpected infant and childhood deaths. The CDC also must revise its death investigation forms to align with the form used under the national reporting system.Additionally, the bill requires the ACF to award grants to (1) promote evidence-based best practices, (2) support prevention efforts, (3) provide safe-sleep products, and (4) support the provision of services to families who have had an infant or child die from a sudden unexpected death.

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Gwen Moore (D)*,  Cindy Axne (D),  Karen Bass (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Michael Burgess (R),  Matt Cartwright (D),  Ed Case (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Jim Clyburn (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Tom Cole (R),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Jim Cooper (D),  TJ Cox (D),  Angie Craig (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Rosa DeLauro (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Val Demings (D),  Michael Doyle (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Marcia Fudge (D),  Chuy García (D),  Josh Gottheimer (D),  Al Green (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Brett Guthrie (R),  Josh Harder (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Denny Heck (D),  Jaime Herrera Beutler (R),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Eddie Johnson (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Ron Kind (D),  Peter King (R),  Ann Kuster (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Al Lawson (D),  Daniel Lipinski (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Joe Neguse (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Collin Peterson (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Cedric Richmond (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Kim Schrier (D),  Terri Sewell (D),  Mikie Sherrill (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Abigail Spanberger (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Fred Upton (R),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Frederica Wilson (D),  Rob Wittman (R),  Don Young (R), 

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (on 09/22/2020)

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