119-s1562

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 1562 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1562

 To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for 
 Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 1, 2025

Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
 Education, Labor, and Pensions

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 A BILL

 To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for 
 Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act.

 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 the ``PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH RELATING TO PRETERM LABOR AND DELIVERY AND THE CARE, 
 TREATMENT, AND OUTCOMES OF PRETERM AND LOW BIRTHWEIGHT 
 INFANTS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 3

    (e) of the Prematurity Research Expansion 
and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act (42 U.S.C. 
247b-4f

    (e) ) is amended by striking ``fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' 
and inserting ``fiscal years 2025 through 2029''.

    (b) Technical Correction.--Effective as if included in the 
enactment of the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
328), 

section 2 of such Act is amended, in the matter preceding 
paragraph

    (1) , by striking ``

Section 2'' and inserting ``

Section 3''.

SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.

 

Section 5

    (a) of the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115-328) is amended by striking ``The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, in collaboration with other departments, as appropriate, may 
establish'' and inserting ``Not later than 18 months after the date of 
the enactment of the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with other departments, 
as appropriate, shall establish''.

SEC. 4. STUDY ON PRETERM BIRTHS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academies of 
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which the National Academies 
shall--

    (1) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
 this Act, convene a committee of experts in maternal health to 
 study premature births in the United States; and

    (2) upon completion of the study under paragraph

    (1) --
        (A) approve by consensus a report on the results of 
 such study;
        (B) include in such report--
            (i) an assessment of each of the topics 
 listed in subsection

    (b) ;
            (ii) the analysis required by subsection
            (c) ; and
            (iii) the raw data used to develop such 
 report; and
            (C) not later than 24 months after the date of 
 enactment of this Act, transmit such report to--
            (i) the Secretary of Health and Human 
 Services;
            (ii) the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
 of the House of Representatives; and
            (iii) the Committee on Finance and the 
 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
 Pensions of the Senate.

    (b) Assessment Topics.--The topics listed in this subsection are 
each of the following:

    (1) The financial costs of premature birth to society, 
 including--
        (A) an analysis of stays in neonatal intensive care 
 units and the cost of such stays;
        (B) long-term costs of stays in such units to 
 society and the family involved post-discharge; and
            (C) health care costs for families post-discharge 
 from such units (such as medications, therapeutic 
 services, co-payments for visits, and specialty 
 equipment).

    (2) The factors that impact preterm birth rates.

    (3) Opportunities for earlier detection of premature birth 
 risk factors, including--
        (A) opportunities to improve maternal and infant 
 health; and
        (B) opportunities for public health programs to 
 provide support and resources for parents in-hospital, 
 in non-hospital settings, and post-discharge.
            (c) Analysis.--The analysis required by this subsection is an 
analysis of--

    (1) targeted research strategies to develop effective 
 drugs, treatments, or interventions to bring at-risk 
 pregnancies to term;

    (2) State and other programs' best practices with respect 
 to reducing premature birth rates; and

    (3) precision medicine and preventative care approaches 
 starting early in the life course (including during pregnancy) 
 with a focus on behavioral and biological influences on 
 premature birth, child health, and the trajectory of such 
 approaches into adulthood.
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