HR 1197
PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025
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Bill overview
This bill, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025, extends and updates a program focused on preventing preterm birth. It reauthorizes existing research and data collection efforts related to premature birth and low birthweight infants through 2029. The bill also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish an interagency working group to improve coordination and develop recommendations for reducing preterm birth rates, and to commission a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to assess the financial costs and strategies for preventing preterm birth.
Key provisions
- Reauthorizes research and data collection related to preterm birth through 2029.
- Establishes an interagency working group to coordinate federal efforts to prevent preterm birth.
- Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to commission a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
- The study will assess the financial costs of premature birth, factors impacting preterm birth rates, and opportunities for early detection and prevention.
- The study will analyze targeted research strategies, state programs, and precision medicine approaches.
- The National Academies will convene a committee of experts to study premature births.
- The report from the National Academies will be transmitted to Congress and the Department of Health and Human Services.
- The bill amends existing law to extend the period of reauthorization.
Who is affected
- Pregnant women
- Newborn infants
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 1197
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act.
This Act may be cited as the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025
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fiscal years 2019 through 2023and inserting
fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
Section 2and inserting
Section 3.
Section 5(a) of the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–328) is amended by striking PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025The 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
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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
upon completion of the study under subparagraph (A)—
approve by consensus a report on the results of such study;
an assessment of each of the topics listed in paragraph (2);
the analysis required by paragraph (3); and
the raw data used to develop such report; and
the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and
the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.
an analysis of stays in neonatal intensive care units and the cost of such stays;
long-term costs of stays in such units to society and the family involved post-discharge; and
health care costs for families post-discharge from such units (such as medications, therapeutic services, co-payments for visits, and specialty equipment).
opportunities to improve maternal and infant health; and
opportunities for public health programs to provide support and resources for parents in-hospital, in non-hospital settings, and post-discharge.
State and other programs’ best practices with respect to reducing premature birth rates; and
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.