[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7189 Received in Senate (RDS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7189
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 24, 2024
Received
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AN ACT
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a national
congenital heart disease research, surveillance, and awareness program,
and for other purposes.
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 ``Congenital Heart Futures
Reauthorization Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE RESEARCH,
SURVEILLANCE, AND AWARENESS PROGRAM.
Section 399V-2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-
13) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections
(g) and (h), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
``(f) Report and Strategy.--
``(1) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of the Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act
of 2024, the Secretary shall issue a report to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate including the following:
``(A) A description of past and present activities
of the Department of Health and Human Services to
increase awareness and knowledge of the public with
respect to congenital heart disease, including efforts
to address the lifelong needs of congenital heart
disease patients.
``(B) An assessment of past and present activities
of the Department of Health and Human Services to
increase education and training of health care
providers with respect to congenital heart disease,
including efforts to address the lifelong needs of
congenital heart disease patients.
``(C) A description of the current workforce
capacity in the United States of health care providers
who treat adult patients living with congenital heart
disease.
``(2) Strategy.--
``(A) Development; submission to congress.--Not
later than 1 year after submitting the report required
by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall develop and
submit to Congress a strategy for improving efforts to
increase awareness and knowledge of the public and
education and training of health care providers with
respect to congenital heart disease. Such strategy
shall include findings and recommendations to--
``(i) address any public awareness and
research gaps and opportunities related to the
lifelong needs of congenital heart disease
patients, including long-term health outcomes,
quality of life, mental health, and health care
utilization;
``(ii) address any shortages in the current
workforce of health care providers who treat
adult patients living with congenital heart
disease, which may include strategies to
enhance fellowship training programs or other
continuing education programs; and
``(iii) foster collaboration and
dissemination of information across Federal
agencies, health care providers, researchers,
and patient organizations.
``(B) Consultation.--In developing the strategy
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, as
appropriate, consult with qualified stakeholder groups,
including patient organizations, health care
professionals, research entities, health insurance
providers, accrediting organizations, and relevant
Federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of
Health, and the Health Resources and Services
Administration.''; and
(3) in subsection (h), as so redesignated, by striking
``2020 through 2024'' and inserting ``2025 through 2029''.
Passed the House of Representatives September 23, 2024.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.