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sessio~12008  \nNEWBORN SCREENING SAVES LIVES ACT OF 2008  \nAPRIL8,2008.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State ofthe Union and ordered to be printed  \nMr.DINGELL,from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,submitted the following  \nCMSLibraryC2-07-137500 Security Blvci.3ztire 55021244  \nR E P O R T  \n[To accompany H.R.3825]  \n[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]  \nThe Committee on Energy and Commerce,to whom was referredthe bill(H.R.3825)to amend the Public Health Service Act to es-tablish grant programs to provide for education and outreach onnewborn screening and coordinated followup care once newbornscreening has been conducted,to reauthorize programs under partA of title XI of such Act,and for other purposes,having consideredthe same,reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-ommends that the bill as amended do pass.  \nCONTENTS  \nPageAmendment           …………  …  …………………1Purpose and Summary…………    ……    ……  ……6Background and Need for Legislation ……………………6Hearings …………  ………………   ………    ………7Committee Consideration …………  ………………  …7Committee Votes………………      ……  ……7Committee Oversight Findings …………    …………7Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives…8New Budget Authority,Entitlement Authority,and Tax Expenditures …………8Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits ……   …  …………8Committee Cost Estimate ……………..…         …8Congressional Budget Office Estimate …………      ………….……..     ..9Federal Mandates Statement …………    …………………………………     …10Advisory Committee Statement  ……        ……    …….……10Constitutional Authority Statement     …  ………   ………11Applicability to Legislative Branch …   …  ………………           …         ……11Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ……………  ……………………  11Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill,as Reported……………………  14  \nAMENDMENT  \nThe amendment is as follows:  \nStrike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:  \n# SECTION 1.SHORT TITLE.\n\nThis Act may be cited as the“Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008”.SEC.2.IMPROVED NEWBORN AND CHILD SCREENING FOR HERITABLE DISORDER.  \n# Section 1109 of the Public Health Service Act(42 U.S.C.300b-8)is amended—\n\n(1)by striking subsections(a),(b),and(c)and inserting the following:  \n“(a)AUTHORIZATION OF GRANT PROGRAM.—From amounts appropriated under sub-section (j),the Secretary,acting through the Administrator of the Health Resourcesand Services Administration (referred to in this section as the ‘Administrator')andin consultation with the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newbornsand Children(referred to in this section as the ‘Advisory Committee'),shall awardgrants to eligible entities to enable such entities  \n\"(1)to enhance,improve or expand the ability of State and local public healthagencies to provide screening,counseling,or health care services to newbornsand children having or at risk for heritable disorders;  \n\"(2)to assist in providing health care professionals and newborn 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