,i  #aae? ,,congress  #a/ ,session  ,h4 
,r4 #chdb  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(           
,,repres5tatives  ,septemb] #bf1        
#bjag,mr4 ,ryan ( ,ohio 7= himself1 ,mr4
 ,j5k9s ( ,we/ ,virg9ia1 & ,mr4 ,y>mu?7 
introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to
 ! ,committee on ,en]gy & ,comm]ce  ,a  
,,bill  ,to am5d ! ,public ,heal?       
,s]vice ,act to reau?orize ! ,heal?y    
,/>t = ,infants ,program4  #a4 ,%ort    
title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z ! ,heal?y 
,/>t ,reau?orization ,act ( #bjag4  #b4 
,f9d+s ,congress f9ds ! foll[+3  7#a7 ,!
 ,dep>tm5t ( ,heal? & ,human ,s]vices   
puts ! national infant mortality rate at
 #e4if dea?s p] #a1jjj live bir?s4  7#b7
 ,despite national r$uctions 9 infant   
mortality1 a racial disp>ity 9 infant   
mortality rates exi/s 9 e ,/ate &       
t]ritory1 ) non-,hispanic ,black infants
 m ?an twice z likely to die be=e _!    
fir/ bir?day ?an non-,hispanic ,:ite    
infants4  7#c7 ,infants born to         
l[-income wom5 are m likely to die be=e 
_! fir/ bir?day ?an infants born 9      

high]-income h\seholds4  7#d7 ,! ?ree   
lead+ cl9ical causes ( infant dea? are  
prematurity due to pret]m bir? & l[     
bir?weight1 bir? defects1 & sleep-relat$
 dea?s4  7#e7 ,! mo/ rec5t data f !     
,c5t]s = ,disease ,control & ,prev5tion 
7,,cdc7 %[s t ! rate ( pret]m live bir?s
 is twice ! national rate =             
,african-,am]ican wom51 #a4e times !    
national rate = ,am]ican ,indians &     
,alaskan ,natives1 & #a4d times !       
national rate = ,lat9os4  7#f7 ,!       
long-t]m m$ical & social s]vices        
associat$ ) l[ bir?weight infants &     
*ildr5 born premature co/ ,am]ican      
taxpay]s #bf4b billion p] ye>1 )        
fir/-ye> exp5ses = ! smalle/ surviv+    
babies av]ag+ #bgc1ijj4  7#g7 ,employ]s 
pay #ab times m 9 heal? c>e co/s =      
babies born ) complications1 & pr5atal  
int]v5tions t result 9 full-t]m bir?    
save employ]s #di1gfj4  7#h7 ,wom5 c    
r$uce ! risk ( mortality to _! infants  
if !y h access to culturally            
appropriate1 accurate in=mation f tru/$ 

provid]s ab\t h[ to improve _! heal?    
practices & behaviors dur+              
preconception1 pregnancy1 & po/p>tum4   
7#i7 ,= #be ye>s1 ! ,heal?y ,/>t =      
,infants ,program has id5tifi$ &        
address$ ! a=em5tion$ k gaps1 cl9ical   
contributors1 & up/ream social &        
g5]ational factors lead+ to infant dea?1
 t>get+ communities ) infant mortality  
rates at lea/ #a4e times ! national rate
 ) ! effect ( r$uc+ ! preval5ce ( infant
 mortality 9 ,heal?y ,/>t communities to
 bel[ ! national rate4  7#aj7 ,9        
collaboration ) its p>tn]s1 includ+ !   
,national ,heal?y ,/>t ,association1    
,m>* ( ,dimes1 & ! ,fetal & ,infant     
,mortality ,review ,program1 ! ,heal?y  
,/>t = ,infants ,program has recogniz$ t
 a relation%ip-c5t]$1 community-bas$    
approa* to ! e>ly deliv]y ( coord9at$   
s]vices to wom5 & families z well z an  
ongo+1 compreh5sive approa* to wom5's   
heal? c>e improve p]9atal outcomes4  #c4
 ,reau?orization ( ,heal?y ,/>t =       
,infants ,program ,subsection 7e77#a7 ( 

section #ccj;,h ( ! ,public ,heal?      
,s]vice ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bed;c-#h7  
is am5d$-- 7#a7 9 subp>agraph 7,a71 by  
/rik+ #bjjh & ins]t+ #bjah2 &  7#b7 9   
subp>agraph 7,b71 by /rik+ #bjji ?r\gh  
#bjac & ins]t+ #bjaj ?r\gh #bjbc4