HR 398 · 108th Congress · Health

Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act of 2003

Introduced 2003-01-28· Sponsored by Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 8.(2003-02-13)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends Public Health Service Act provisions concerning the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities to add disabilities and health to categories of data with regard to which the Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed to collect, analyze, and make available. Requires the Secretary to conduct research on and promote the prevention of birth defects and disabilities and to support a National Spina Bifida Program to prevent and reduce suffering from the nation's most common permanently disabling birth defect. Removes certain provisions regarding data collection, including one requiring the Secretary to collect and analyze data by gender and ethnic and racial group. Modifies reporting requirements. Declares that certain data and information collected under the Act shall be subject to a specified provision of the General Education Provisions Act pertaining to privacy. Requires that the members of the advisory committee appointed by the Director of the National Center for Environmental Health that have expertise in birth defects, developmental disabilities, and disabilities and health s…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 398, Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act of 2003

Feb 11, 2003

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 28, 2003</p>

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H.R. 398, Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act of 2003

Feb 11, 2003

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 28, 2003

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (3)

3 Democrats