42 U.S.C. § 247b–4f — Research relating to preterm labor and delivery and the care, treatment, and outcomes of preterm and low birthweight infants

(a) Omitted This subsection was omitted from the text supplied for this translation. (b) Studies and activities on preterm birth (1) In general If funding is available, the CDC Director may: (A) study clinical, biological, social, environmental, genetic, and behavioral factors, and other things, that are linked to premature birth and to related health disparities, as appropriate; (B) work to improve national data so the burden of preterm birth can be tracked; and (C) keep working to prevent preterm birth, including late preterm birth, by finding prevention opportunities and checking whether those efforts work. (2) Report Starting 2 years after November 27, 2013, and every 2 years after that, the CDC Director must send Congress's relevant committees reports on the studies and activities from paragraph (1), including any analysis of preterm birth. HHS must post the report on its website. (c) Pregnancy risk assessment monitoring survey The CDC Director must: (1) keep systems — including electronic health records, electronic databases, and biobanks — that collect maternal and infant clinical and biomedical information, and link that information to the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) and other studies of prematurity, so that, as much as practical, all pregnancy outcomes can be tracked and preterm birth can be prevented; and (2) give States technical assistance, as appropriate, to help them collect this information better. (d) Evaluation of existing tools and measures HHS must review the tools and measures currently in use to make sure they include information related to the known risk factors for low birth weight and preterm birth. (e) Authorization of appropriations Congress authorized $2,000,000 to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.