A bill to provide for a national program of screening of newborn infants for metabolic disorders that could retard brain development.
National Infant Screening Act of 1979 - Amends title XI of the Public Health Service Act (Genetic Diseases, Hemophilia Programs, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide financial assistance to public and nonprofit entities to acquire the automated equipment, supplies, and personnel required to conduct multiple screening of blood specimens routinely collected from newborn infants for metabolic disorders.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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