,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bafh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,yakym introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
direct the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services to conduct a study and 
submit to ,congress a report on the use 
of home cardiorespiratory monitors for  
infants1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,baby ,observation ,act or the      
,,bo's ,act4  #b4 ,study and report on  
home cardiorespiratory monitors for     
infants  7a7 ,study ,the ,secretary of  
,health and ,human ,services 7in this   
section referred to as the ,secretary71 
pursuant to section #aaba7;a7 of the    
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;c-#aa7;a771 shall conduct
 a study on the use of home             
cardiorespiratory monitors for infants  
in relation to the prevention of sudden 
unexpected infant death 7as defined in  

section #aaba7;e7 of such ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;c-#aa7;e7774  7b7 ,report
 ,not later than #a year after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the          
,secretary shall submit to ,congress a  
report describing the results of the    
study under subsection 7a74 ,such report
 shall include the following3 7#a7      
,evidence on the effectiveness1         
performance1 and accuracy of home       
cardiorespiratory monitors that track   
the heart rate1 blood oxygen levels1 and
 other vital signs of an infant4  7#b7  
,new models of care to improve the home 
sleeping environment of an infant1      
including the use of cardiorespiratory  
monitors4  7#c7 ,health care plan       
criteria for medically appropriate      
coverage for a home cardiorespiratory   
monitor4  7#d7 ,recommendations on      
whether home cardiorespiratory monitors 
have shown product efficacy supporting  
coverage under public or private health 
insurance plans4