42 U.S.C. § 300c–14 — Report to Congress

submitted 6 years ago by Pub. L. 116-273 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 211 words · no verdicts yet

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Every two years, starting within two years of the end of 2020, the Secretary must report to two congressional committees on sudden infant and child death rates. The report is broken down by race and state where possible. It must also assess prevention methods and describe related activities.

(a) In general: Within 2 years after December 31, 2020, and every two years after that, the Secretary must send a report to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. For the period the report covers, it must include: (1) information about how many sudden unexpected infant deaths and sudden unexpected deaths in childhood happened - including how many stayed unexplained after investigation - with, as much as practical, (A) a breakdown by racial and ethnic group and by state, (B) combined information gathered from death scene investigations and autopsies, and (C) recommendations for reducing how often these deaths happen; (2) an assessment of how well different approaches to reducing and preventing these deaths have actually worked; and (3) a description of the activities carried out under section 300c-11. (b) Definitions: In this section, "sudden unexpected infant death" and "sudden unexpected death in childhood" mean the same thing they mean in section 300c-11.

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(a) In general

Not later than 2 years after December 31, 2020, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that contains, with respect to the reporting period—

(1)

information regarding the incidence and number of sudden unexpected infant death and sudden unexpected death in childhood (including the number of such infant and child deaths that remain unexplained after investigation), including, to the extent practicable—

(A)

a summary of such information by racial and ethnic group, and by State;

(B)

aggregate information obtained from death scene investigations and autopsies; and

(C)

recommendations for reducing the incidence of sudden unexpected infant death and sudden unexpected death in childhood;

(2)

an assessment of the extent to which various approaches of reducing and preventing sudden unexpected infant death and sudden unexpected death in childhood have been effective; and

(3)

a description of the activities carried out under section 300c–11 of this title.

(b) Definitions

In this section, the terms “sudden unexpected infant death” and “sudden unexpected death in childhood” have the meanings given such terms in section 300c–11 of this title.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 116–273, § 3, Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3354.)

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2020Enacted · Pub. L. 116-273 · 134 Stat. 3354

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