A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life.
USA115th CongressS-3521| Senate
| Updated: 9/27/2018
Robert P. Casey
Democratic Senator
Pennsylvania
Cosponsors (4)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Scarlett's Sunshine on Sudden Unexpected Death Act This bill establishes several programs and requirements relating to sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) and sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC). Among other things, the bill establishes grant programs to: promote comprehensive death scene investigations and autopsies relating to SUID and SUDC; improve infant and child death review programs; and promote education and outreach relating to SUID and SUDC. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must also study the use of genetic analysis and publish specified data regarding SUID and SUDC.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Health
Child healthCongressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationEmergency medical services and trauma careGeneticsGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careLaw enforcement administration and fundingMedical educationMedical researchMedical tests and diagnostic methodsProduct safety and quality
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life.
USA115th CongressS-3521| Senate
| Updated: 9/27/2018
Scarlett's Sunshine on Sudden Unexpected Death Act This bill establishes several programs and requirements relating to sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) and sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC). Among other things, the bill establishes grant programs to: promote comprehensive death scene investigations and autopsies relating to SUID and SUDC; improve infant and child death review programs; and promote education and outreach relating to SUID and SUDC. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must also study the use of genetic analysis and publish specified data regarding SUID and SUDC.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Robert P. Casey
Democratic Senator
Pennsylvania
Cosponsors (4)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Health
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Child healthCongressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationEmergency medical services and trauma careGeneticsGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careLaw enforcement administration and fundingMedical educationMedical researchMedical tests and diagnostic methodsProduct safety and quality