“A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for congenital Cytomegalovirus screening of newborns.”
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This section establishes a congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) screening program under the Public Health Service Act by adding section 1116A, authorizing hospitals and certain health care entities to test all infants 21 days of age or younger for cCMV. The chief health executive officer in each state may prescribe standards and procedures for testing, recording results, tracking, follow-up, education, and disseminating information to parents or guardians; if a state fails to do so within two years of enactment of the Stop CMV Act of 2025, the Discretionary Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children prescribes them, subject to the committee's review and approval considering other states' practices and scientific evidence. (As background, the committee advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services on uniform newborn screening standards and practices for heritable disorders.) The section further directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to (1) award Health Resources and Services Administration grants to states implementing approved standards, for distribution to testing entities, authorizing appropriations of such sums as necessary for FY2026 and FY2027; (2) award Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grants or cooperative agreements to states for technical assistance on cCMV data systems and provider, patient, and public education, authorizing appropriations of such sums as necessary for FY2026 and FY2027; and (3) require the National Institutes of Health Director to establish or expand research programs on cCMV screening techniques, interventions, diagnostics, prevention, treatments, vaccines, and public awareness, using funds otherwise available.
This section directs the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children to carry out activities under section 1116A of the Public Health Service Act. (The committee advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services on newborn and childhood screening for heritable disorders.)