[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7189 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.7189
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four
An Act
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a national
congenital heart disease research, surveillance, and awareness program,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congenital Heart Futures
Reauthorization Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE RESEARCH,
SURVEILLANCE, AND AWARENESS PROGRAM.
Section 399V-2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-
13) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g)
and (h), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
``(f) Report and Strategy.--
``(1) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of the Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of
2024, the Secretary shall issue a report to the Committee on Energy
and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate including the
following:
``(A) A description of past and present activities of the
Department of Health and Human Services to increase awareness
and knowledge of the public with respect to congenital heart
disease, including efforts to address the lifelong needs of
congenital heart disease patients.
``(B) An assessment of past and present activities of the
Department of Health and Human Services to increase education
and training of health care providers with respect to
congenital heart disease, including efforts to address the
lifelong needs of congenital heart disease patients.
``(C) A description of the current workforce capacity in
the United States of health care providers who treat adult
patients living with congenital heart disease.
``(2) Strategy.--
``(A) Development; submission to congress.--Not later than
1 year after submitting the report required by paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall develop and submit to Congress a strategy
for improving efforts to increase awareness and knowledge of
the public and education and training of health care providers
with respect to congenital heart disease. Such strategy shall
include findings and recommendations to--
``(i) address any public awareness and research gaps
and opportunities related to the lifelong needs of
congenital heart disease patients, including long-term
health outcomes, quality of life, mental health, and health
care utilization;
``(ii) address any shortages in the current workforce
of health care providers who treat adult patients living
with congenital heart disease, which may include strategies
to enhance fellowship training programs or other continuing
education programs; and
``(iii) foster collaboration and dissemination of
information across Federal agencies, health care providers,
researchers, and patient organizations.
``(B) Consultation.--In developing the strategy under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, as appropriate, consult
with qualified stakeholder groups, including patient
organizations, health care professionals, research entities,
health insurance providers, accrediting organizations, and
relevant Federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and
the Health Resources and Services Administration.''; and
(3) in subsection (h), as so redesignated, by striking ``2020
through 2024'' and inserting ``2025 through 2029''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.