119-hr5435

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5435 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5435

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for congenital 
 Cytomegalovirus screening of newborns.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 17, 2025

 Mr. Lawler (for himself, Mr. Landsman, and Ms. Ross) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
 Commerce

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 A BILL

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for congenital 
 Cytomegalovirus screening of newborns.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as ``Stop CMV Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. SCREENING OF CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS.

 Part A of title XI of the Public Health Service Act is amended by 
inserting after 

section 1116 (42 U.S.C. 300b-15) the following:

``

SEC. 1116A. SCREENING OF CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS.

 ``

    (a) In General.--Each hospital or other health care entity caring 
for infants who are 21 days or less of age (as designated by the 
Secretary) may administer, or cause to have administered, to every such 
infant in its care a test for congenital Cytomegalovirus in accordance 
with this section.
 ``

    (b) Process.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--In carrying out this section, the chief 
 executive officer for health in each State may prescribe 
 standards and procedures for the administration of testing 
 under subsection

    (a) , including recording the results of such 
 tests, tracking activities, conducting follow-up reviews, and 
 carrying out educational activities.
 ``

    (2) Dissemination of information.--In carrying out this 
 section, the chief executive officer for health in each State 
 may prescribe standards and procedures setting forth the manner 
 in which testing information is disseminated to a parent or 
 guardian of the infant to be tested.
 ``

    (3) Failure to prescribe.--If a State has not prescribed 
 standards and procedures that are approved as provided for in 
 paragraph

    (4) by the date that is 2 years after the date of 
 enactment of the Stop CMV Act of 2025, the Discretionary 
 Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and 
 Children established under 

section 1111 (referred to in this 
 section as the `Advisory Committee') shall prescribe 
 appropriate standards and procedures which may be implemented 
 by such State.
 ``

    (4) Review and approval.--The standards and procedures 
 prescribed under this subsection shall be subject to review and 
 approval by the Advisory Committee. In reviewing or prescribing 
 standards and procedures as required under this subsection, the 
 Advisory Committee shall consider standards and procedures 
 adopted in other States with respect to the screening of 
 congenital Cytomegalovirus, the standards and procedures 
 adopted in such State with respect to the screening of infants 
 for other heritable diseases, and any scientific evidence the 
 Advisory Committee considers relevant to provide for the 
 screening of infants for congenital Cytomegalovirus.
 ``
            (c) Grants.--
 ``

    (1) Health resources and services administration.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The Secretary, acting through 
 the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
 Administration (referred to in this paragraph as the 
 `Secretary'), shall award grants to States that 
 prescribe standards and procedures in accordance with 
 paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) , to be distributed by the States 
 to entities described in subsection

    (a) to administer 
 tests in accordance with that subsection.
 ``
        (B) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
 authorized to be appropriated to carry out subparagraph
        (A) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
 years 2025 and 2026.
 ``

    (2) Centers for disease control and prevention.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The Secretary, acting through 
 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
 Prevention, shall award grants to, or enter into 
 cooperative agreements with, States to provide 
 technical assistance to State agencies or designated 
 entities of States--
 ``
            (i) to develop, maintain, and improve 
 data collection systems relating to congenital 
 Cytomegalovirus; and
 ``
            (ii) to assist in the education and 
 training of health care providers, patients, 
 and the general public regarding the risk 
 reduction or prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, 
 and treatment of congenital Cytomegalovirus, 
 including, as necessary, through the 
 publication of scientific, evidence-based 
 educational materials on internet web pages 
 maintained by State agencies or designated 
 entities of States.
 ``
        (B) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
 authorized to be appropriated to carry out subparagraph
        (A) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
 years 2025 and 2026.
 ``

    (3) National institutes of health.--The Director of the 
 National Institutes of Health shall--
 ``
        (A) for the purposes of this section, establish a 
 program, or expand existing programs, of research and 
 development on the efficacy of new screening techniques 
 and technology relating to congenital Cytomegalovirus, 
 including clinical studies of screening methods, 
 studies on efficacy of intervention, and related 
 research; and
 ``
        (B) establish a program, or expand existing 
 programs, of research and development into congenital 
 Cytomegalovirus diagnostics, prevention, treatments 
 including public health awareness campaigns, risk 
 reduction, and vaccine development, and cures or 
 treatments (during pregnancy and after birth).''.

SEC. 3. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HERITABLE DISORDERS IN NEWBORNS AND 
 CHILDREN.

 

Section 1111

    (b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300b-
10

    (b) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (7) by striking ``and'' after the 
 semicolon;

    (2) by redesignating paragraph

    (8) as paragraph

    (9) ; and

    (3) by inserting after paragraph

    (7) the following:
 ``

    (8) carry out activities under 

section 1116A; and''.
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