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42 U.S.C. 300b-8: Improved newborn and child screening for heritable disorders

Created in 2000 by the Children's Health Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-310). Changed by 3 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 4709 Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2025 · introduced · would change (a), (c)

How it got here

2014

  • Pub. L. 113–240, §2(1)(A), in introductory provisions, substituted "section 300b–16 of this title" for "subsection (j)" and "and taking into consideration the expertise of the Advisory Committee" for "and in consultation with the Advisory Committee". (Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 113–240, §2(1)(B), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: "to assist in providing health care professionals and newborn screening laboratory personnel with education in newborn screening and training in relevant and new technologies in newb… (Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 113–240, §2(1)(D)(i), substituted "followup and treatment" for "treatment". (Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 113–240, §2(1)(C), (D)(ii), (E), added par. (5). (Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 113–240, §2(2), substituted "application for a grant under this section" for "application submitted for a grant under subsection (a)(1)". (Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 113–240, §2(3), substituted "application for a grant under this section" for "application submitted under subsection (c)(2) of this section" in pars. (1) and (2). (Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014) Law text · (h)
  • Pub. L. 113–240, §2(4), struck out subsec. (j) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 2009 to 2013 to provide grants for carrying out activities under subsec. (a). (Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014) Law text · (j)

2008

  • Pub. L. 110–204, §2(1), added subsecs. (a) to (c) and struck out former subsecs. (a) to (c) which provided for grants to promote screening, counseling, or health care services to newborns and children having or at risk for heritable disorders, enumerated permissible uses of gra… (Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007) Law text · (a), (b), (c)
  • Pub. L. 110–204, §2(2), (3), added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsecs. (d) to (h) as (e) to (i), respectively. Former subsec. (i) redesignated (j). (Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007) Law text · (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i)
  • Pub. L. 110–237 added subsec. (j) and struck out former subsec. (j). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "There is authorized to be appropriated— Law text · (j)
  • Pub. L. 110–204, §2(4), added subsec. (j) and struck out former subsec. (j). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005." (Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007) Law text · (j)
  • Pub. L. 110–204, §2(2), redesignated subsec. (i) as (j). (Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007) Law text · (j)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.